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Gem Hsin's new Albite series of LED lamps feature even illumination, attractive design and energy savings
Gem Hsin, has launched the new Albite LED Home Lighting Series, featuring a floor lamp, wall lamp and ceiling lamp: albite.stand, albite.line and albite.sky, respectively. With the new Albite series, Gem Hsin is introducing an innovative new concept in LED home lighting, highly functional LED lamps that suit a wide range of home types, combining LED lighting seamlessly with the user's living space.
Evida Hits The Road With Electric Vehicle Battery Pack Solutions At Key Low Carbon Events
Evida Power, Ltd will be exhibiting and speaking at a series of low carbon vehicle events during September and October 2011.
Antonov Multispeed Electric Vehicle Transmission Delivers 10% Better Efficiency Compared With A Single Speed Gearbox
The automatic transmission specialist Antonov - which is based at Warwick in the UK and has a new manufacturing plant under construction at Chongqing in China - has obtained further evidence that the energy efficiency of an electric vehicle equipped with its multispeed transmission is higher than with a single speed gearbox. Comparative studies by the company over eight different drive cycles suggest that the transmission delivers typically 10 ...
Flywheel Hybrid Vehicle Delivers Up To 22.4% Fuel Economy Improvement
Improvements in fuel economy of up to 22.4 percent (in the new ARTEMIS test cycle, which represents typical real-world usage today) have been demonstrated by a research vehicle fitted with a flywheel hybrid system including stop-start. Developed by a consortium of British companies as part of the Government-supported Flywheel Hybrid System for Premium Vehicles (FHSPV) programme, the mechanically-driven flywheel system delivers up to 80bhp (82PS, ...
Hyboost Demonstrates New Powertrain Architecture For ‘intelligent Electrification’
The HyBoost project vehicle was revealed for the first time today at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle 2011 event hosted at Rockingham, UK, demonstrating a combination of high impact, low cost electrical systems which offer the prospect of radical engine downsizing using electric supercharger and energy capture and storage technologies within an otherwise conventional gasoline powertrain architecture.
EU Officials To Drive Fuel-Cell Hyundai ix35
The Hyundai ix35 fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) has been selected by the European Commission-backed Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) to be used as a demonstration vehicle to test and promote hydrogen fuel cell technology in a real-world environment.
Automotive Summit Will Address Low Carbon Future
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has today revealed details of the speakers that will contribute to the ‘Moving towards an ultra-low carbon future’ session at its 2011 International Automotive Summit.
Volvo Presents New Gas-powered Truck In Berlin
From 7th-9th June, Volvo Trucks have been taking part in the NGV Berlin 2011 Fair in order to present the Volvo FM Methane-Diesel. The participation in this show is also part of Volvo Trucks commitment to establish ‘blue corridors’ in Europe. These transport corridors are designed to increase the availability of gas on European roads to make it possible to cover longer transport distances with gas-powered trucks.
Volvo Car Corporation develops Range Extenders for electric cars - adding 1,000 km extra range
Volvo Car Corporation is now taking the next step in the company's electrification strategy by producing test cars with Range Extenders - electric cars that are fitted with a combustion engine to increase their effective range. The projects, supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and the EU, encompass three potential technology combinations. Tests of the various concepts will get under way in the first quarter of 2012.
Electric Black Cabs Could Save 4,000 Tonnes Of Co2
London could be saved four thousand tonnes of CO2 pollution every week* if all of the Capital’s black cabs were 100% electric, according to the low carbon motor show, EcoVelocity (Sept 8-11).