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EasyEcar Newsletter no.4 June 2010

By mmt | Published: June 18, 2010
EasyEcar Newsletter no.4 June 2010 Better Place Battery Switch in Tokyo: I have just returned home from a visit to see the battery switch station working in real life operation. I must say that it was a very convincing experience to sit in a car that switches the battery in less than two minutes. See the videos: http://www.easyecar.com/better-place-news/better-place-battery-switch-in-tokyo/ The [...]
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Volvo Hybrid Bus 7700

By mmt | Published: June 9, 2010
The bus is on trail in Denmark for two weeks: The diesel motor stops when the bus stops. Then the bus is silence. When accelerating it uses the electric motor up to about 20 km/h and then the diesel motor starts and they run parallel. The electric motor is quite noisy so you only get lower noise [...]
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Volvo busses testing a Hybrid bus in Sweden

By mmt | Published: November 2, 2009
Expected savings in fuel 30% Details: 12 meter 95 pax 18 tons 5 liter diesel with 210 hp/800 Nm E-motor 160 hk/800Nm More on a Swedish website: http://www.vf.se/Nyheter/Varmland/Bussen-som-kan-ga-pa-el-091030.aspx
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