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Geneva’s Electric Buses Will “Flash-Charge” in Just 15 Seconds

Courtney Lepping — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:36:59 +0000

Geneva’s new electric bus network will outpace Tesla’s Supercharger by five times as much energy. In a contract with Switzerland-based ABB, Transports Publics Genevois (TPG) will add “flash-charging” buses along a route from Geneva’s airport to Praille-Acacias Vernet. The 12 TOSA (Trolleybus Optimisation Système Alimentation) buses and 13 “flash-charging” stations will service over 10,000 passengers […]

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Elon Musk’s Speech at Geneva Motor Show 2013

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:26:26 +0000

The last question/sentence from my last talk to Elon Musk two weeks ago was: “Will you be coming to Geneva this year” and the answer was “Yep, will be in Geneva.” Two weeks have passed since and I haven’t been able (for personal reasons) to be there on time to talk to the man in […]

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Toyota says “no” to Diesel hybrids

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:29:31 +0000

Katsuaki Watanabe, Toyota’s president, said in a speech held at the Geneva Motor Show that their company will not produce diesel hybrids in the near future, even if the competition does. For example, VW has in plan to produce its Golf Diesel Hybrid. Similar examples are offered by Mercedes Benz and BMW. At the Detroit […]

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