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Green Car Congress: Renault signs on as official partner of Spark Racing Technology for Formula E

Renault SAS has signed on as official Technical Partner of Spark Racing Technology (SRT) to supply the Formula E cars to be entered in the FIA Formula E Championship. Pinboard (MacAaron)

Valence Technology receives $12M purchase order from Wrightbus for Li-ion batteries

advertising Valence Technology, Inc. has received a purchase order valued at $ 12 million from Wrightbus, for lithium iron magnesium phosphate batteries to be delivered through 2015. Wrightbus, which has had a relationship with Valence since 2007, selected Valence as the battery supplier of choice for Wrightbus’ range of hybrid vehicles. Valence recently announced the …
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Win a Ford C-MAX Energi in contest showcasing energy efficiency technology

Energy efficient appliances and automobiles, like the Ford C-MAX Energi, both save money and reduce your environmental impact. Pinboard (MacAaron)

Volvo testing flywheel technology

Volvo Car Group has completed extensive testing of kinetic flywheel technology on public roads – and the results confirm that this is a light, cheap and very eco-efficient solution. “The testing of this complete experimental system for kinetic energy recovery was carried out during 2012. The results show that this technology combined with a four-cylinder …
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University uses technology from Nikola Tesla to wirelessly charge an EV bus

advertising Utah State University presented a first-of-its-kind electric bus that is charged through wireless charging technology in a demonstration Nov. 15.  The Aggie Bus rolled onto the streets carrying passengers today; just 16 months after USU demonstrated the first high-power, high-efficiency wireless power transfer system capable of transferring enough energy to quickly charge an electric …
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