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BMW i3 Range-Extender “Not For Regular Use”?

Benji Jerew — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:20:38 +0000

With all the great ideas that go into a BMW, such as those that make up the new BMW i3, one little piece of bad idea seems to have made it into the mix. For now, we know the BMW i3 to be an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) with a battery range of 80 to […]

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Methanol Fuel Cells to Extend Range of Electric Qbeak by 500 miles

Maria Reyes — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:52:08 +0000

Ecomove, a Danish manufacturing firm, is developing a range-extended version of its Qbeak electric vehicle. The new vehicle is projected to go for 500 miles in-between battery charges by using methanol fuel cells as range-extenders. The vehicle incorporates up to six slots for modules containing a battery, methanol tank or fuel cell, according to user […]

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Mazda to Use Its Efficient Rotary Engine as Hydrogen-Powered Range Extender in Future EVs

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 18:36:11 +0000

Recent news spread by Mazda President Takahashi Yamanouchi (to Nikkei) say that the company will use their innovative and unique rotary engine to act as a range extender for their future electric car. This is somewhat copying GM’s model, but Mazda wants to go a step further: they want to fuel the rotary internal combustion […]

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Via Motors and PG&E Unveiling Extended-Range Electric Trucks, Vans and SUVs

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:22:04 +0000

GM seems to have hit the right button when it comes to electric cars, or, at least, extended range EVs. Or so thinks Bob Lutz, former GM executive, who now joined VIA Motors, a company whose aim is to rebuild America’s most loved trucks, SUVs and vans, but propel them by an electric motor instead […]

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Volvo Tests Petrol-Powered Fuel Cells For Extending EV Range

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 07:19:19 +0000

Volvo has been testing lately their newest innovation in the field of electric cars - an electric car range extender based on a hydrogen fuel cell powered by liquid organic fuels, such as petrol. In collaboration with Powercell Sweden AB, Volvo's range extender could take the EV for up to 250 kilometers more and at the same time only emit minute carbon dioxide quantities.

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