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China Racing becomes second Formula E team

The FIA’s new electric racing formula is gathering speed with the launch today of the FIA Formula E Team China Racing. The new squad was officially proposed to the FIA as the second of ten teams set...

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Increased range & lower price for updated Nissan Leaf

With more than 50,000 examples on the globe's roads and two years of real-world zero-emissions experience behind it, the next chapter in the Nissan LEAF story is about to begin. It might look...

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Nissan Announce Electric LE MANS Racer For 2014

Nissan will return to the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2014 with an innovative project that promises to continue the pioneering spirit of last year’s award-winning Nissan DeltaWing experimental...

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Mercedes Benz SLS AMG Coupé Electric Drive [VIDEO]

Mercedes AMG have released another video of the SLS AMG Electric expected to hit the road in June 2013 With a power output of 392 kW (526 hp) and 880 N·m (649 lb-ft) of torque, the gullwing with...

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Bombardier to test electric buses that charge wirelessly

The regional operator Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV) is redefining e-mobility for public transport services of the future. During the “PRIMOVE Mannheim” research project, electric buses will...

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Dallara working on Formula E chassis

Dallara will work on the chassis for the new Formula E championship, the series has announced. The Italian firm will join forces with the series' technical operation Spark Racing Technology on the...

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Scientists increase lithium-sulfur battery lifetime by 10x

The world of rechargeable batteries is full of trade-offs. While lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are currently the most commercially successful, their low energy density doesn't allow for a long...

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Tesla Model S Video Review — LA to Vegas [VIDEO]

Tesla loaned Kelley Blue Book a Model S electric sedan for 24 hours. The goal was to drive it from Las Angeles to Las Vegas and back. It should have been a piece of cake. What actually happened...

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EV West 400 kw Electric Off Road Race Car [VIDEO]

This is the SRI EV1 by EV West, the same team who raced a 700 hp all electric 1995 BMW M3 at Pikes Peak last year. The off road racer has a twin 9" DC motor setup, running 1000 amps to each motor...

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EV West 400 kw Electric Off Road Race Car [VIDEO]

This is the SRI EV1 by EV West, the same team who raced a 700 hp all electric 1995 BMW M3 at Pikes Peak last year. The off road racer has a twin 9" DC motor setup, running 1000 amps to each motor...

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Paneltex Zeroed all electric refrigerated trucks [VIDEO]

The Paneltex pure electric truck is based on the Isuzu Forward 7.5t chassis featuring a Paneltex ATP Class C type approved insulated body and electric refrigeration system. A combination of active...

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50 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL for Danish Post [VIDEO]

In the coming months Mercedes-Benz Danmark is due to deliver 50 new Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL battery-powered electric vehicles to the Danish postal services (Post Danmark). This is the largest order...

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IBM to unveil ‘moonshot’ Lithium Air Battery

IBM plans to build a prototype next year of an alternative it calls “lithium air” that would mark a big step forward by packing in more storage capacity. While improving the technology depends on...

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Nissan to Test 100% Electric Refrigerator Trucks

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. will conduct test drives of the ATLAS F24 Refrigerator Truck by Li-ion Battery for a one-year period starting this month, in cooperation with Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.,...

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The Super Supercapacitor [VIDEO]

THE SUPER SUPERCAPACITOR is a Finalist in the $200,000 GE FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition. Ric Kaner set out to find a new way to make graphene, the thinnest and strongest material on earth....

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The Audi A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid unveiled

Audi will preview a new 201bhp petrol-electric hybrid powered version of its third-generation Audi A3 at the Geneva motor show in early March. The Audi A3 e-tron sprints from 0 to 100 km/h (62.14...

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