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New fleet customers for XL Hybrid’s plug-in hybrid upfit for Ford F-150 pickups

Green Car Congress

XL Hybrids TYs7Oafol48Kkc8KJgZoTHgMu0w8LYSbRdYOj2VdwnuKwa">announced new fleet customers who intend to purchase its XLP plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) upfit solution for Ford F-150 pickup trucks. Three of the latest companies that intend to add XLP F-150s to their fleet include the City of Long Beach, Calif.;

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UPS updates 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric step vans with smaller genset engine for better fuel economy

Green Car Congress

A compact, quiet-running 650cc 2-cylinder engine replaces the previous 2.4L 4-cylinder engine; charging capability remains the same, as does the electric range. The smaller engine will improve fuel economy, however. liter internal combustion engine (ICE) served as the genset engine. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Enova Systems Shows Ze, Outlines Planned Improvements in School Bus Plug-in Hybrid Drive

Green Car Congress

Enova brought its Ze (zero emissions) commercialized all-electric step-van to the Plug-in 2009 conference in Long Beach. Plug-in school bus. The three-year project will result in an enhanced all-electric drive capability for the plug-in, said Aaron Shay, Director, Vehicle Integration. The Ze electric drive system.

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Tech: Renewable Diesel: A Sustainable Substitute

Clean Fleet Report

The device is a vertical vessel packed with proprietary fiber that achieves non-dispersive-phase contact without the problems inherent in conventional dispersive mixing devices, such as aqueous phase carryover, hydrocarbon losses, lack of turndown ability, long settling times, plugging and flooding.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

When engineers specify components that aren’t automotive-rated, they are then forced to spend time in extensive testing to make sure their vehicles don’t catch fire. It takes so long to write a standard, for everybody in the industry to come together and come to an agreement. The standards committees just don’t move that fast.

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NETZSCH and NREL collaborate to commercialize NREL isothermal calorimeter technology for large format Li-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

Regulating the operating temperature of a battery pack is essential because it affects performance (power and capacity), charge acceptance (during regenerative braking), lifespan, safety, and vehicle operating and maintenance expenses. We saw a real gap in the marketplace for accurate testing of the larger battery systems.

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We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

Baua Electric

Arc has built the first models of its much-anticipated Arc Sport 500hp electric wake boat, and we got a chance to take it for a quick demo in Long Beach, CA and holy heck, this thing rips. Its cofounders, Mitch Lee and Ryan Cook, are engineers who met while working at Boeing.

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