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Battery-switchable electric Commodore breaks 24-hour world EV distance record

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EV Engineering in Australia ( earlier post ) recently unofficially broke the distance record for a production electric car, achieving 1,886 (1,172 miles) kilometers of driving over a 24-hour period. It shows that with battery switch, the age of the electric car has truly arrived. We are very proud of the team’s efforts.

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Shenzhen targeting 35,000 EVs on road in 3 years

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Shenzhen, China is planning to have 35,000 electric vehicles on the road within 3 years, said vice-mayor Tang Jie at the C40 Hong Kong Workshop. Shenzhen aims to build an electric car base at the national level during the 12 th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) period, Tang said earlier this month.

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Another cut at US electric vehicle range requirements and usage patterns; fully-charged LEAF could handle 83-95% of all driving days

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In an effort to calculate what percentage of daily trips in the US could be covered with a fully charged electric vehicle, two Columbia doctoral candidates recently conducted a statistical analysis using the National Household Travel Survey of 2009 on distances driven by the US population. Car commuting distances were found to average 12.6

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Andalusia Signs an Agreement with the Renault-Nissan Alliance to Promote EVs in the Region

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Furthermore, the city of Málaga will play a leading role in Smartcity, a program of electric car driving and usage tests that has the support of the Department of Science, Innovation and Business and now Renault, within the framework of the Renault-Nissan alliance. Training workshops for technicians specializing in electric vehicles.

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Quick drive of the Passat HyMotion hydrogen fuel cell hybrid

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Bottom: On recharge, energy will flow from the fuel cell through the tri-port converter to the battery. At this point, the Passat is a fully electric car—but with a range of more than 300 miles. The battery is recharged either through regenerative events or via the hydrogen fuel cell. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

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With my pal, Brad Bartz, of ABC Solar forcing the City of Torrance to back down and stop breaking the state solar rights law, With the growing numbers of electric cars and plug-in cars headed our way and the price of oil hitting $71 a barrel yesterday. ELECTRIC CARS ARE A CORE SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE - NO PLUG?

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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Illustration of main electric-drive components. Volkswagen developed a special electromechanical brake servo for its electric cars. This optimizes the driver’s braking force in the same way that brake servos do in conventional cars. Levels “D2”, “D3” and “B” decelerate the car sufficiently that the brake lights come on.

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