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Peterbilt 579EV trucks join Universal Logistics intermodal fleet – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Universal Logistics, an intercontinental transportation and logistics firm that operates in the US, Mexico, Canada and Colombia, has added the Peterbilt Model 579EV truck to its fleet in southern California, where it will be used for intermodal logistics. An electric truck does cost substantially more than its diesel equivalent.

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Parker Hannifin gaining traction with RunWise HD hydraulic hybrid; developing CNG-based HD system, next-gen MD system

Green Car Congress

The brake energy recovery system converts the vehicle’s kinetic energy into stored energy by compressing nitrogen gas in a storage device called an accumulator. This stored energy is then released during acceleration to reduce the energy required from the engine to propel the vehicle. Accumulators.

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Faurecia acquires Amminex to accelerate efficient NOx reduction for passenger and commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

At the recent Paris Motor Show, Faurecia showed the Amminex solution for commercial vehicles, as well as an ASDS system in a new format for passenger cars. This represent a major advantage because it translates into less maintenance and vehicle down-time. Earlier post.).

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EVGracias.com buy electric vehicles & components online

Electric Vehicles India

When you can shop online then why to visit the stores! The company is making a huge effort to promote the adoption of electric vehicles in the country by being a one-stop platform to sell electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers and their components such as motor, controller, battery, chargers etc. 10 lacs to 25 lacs.

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Flywheel Energy Storage System for Rubber Tired Gantry Cranes

Green Car Congress

Conventional RTG cranes are driven by electric motors powered by large on-board diesel generation sets. The Vycon flywheel for the RTG crane consists of a 3-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor-generator connected to a 3-phase inverter. The flywheel spins in a vacuum, is levitated on active magnetic bearings, and stores 2.1

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

His presentation won him an engineering scholarship to Duke University. Later, in graduate school at Virginia Tech, he became part of a group of engineers who visited local schools to help enhance the STEM curriculum with hands-on building of solar electric and small motor project activities. “We

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. And with the revival of the EV, the V2G concept was reborn.

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