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    of power-split device (PSD), an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), two Electric Machines (EMs), ESS and VCC. Power-split architectures is a match between series and parallel hybrid to obtain advantages of both series and parallel hybrid architectures. The produced engine torque is split into two parts, which are further delivered to the output shaft by the means of an efficient mechanical path and another less efficient electric path. PGS has two important aspects: • Rotation speed of three ports (sun

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    develop, manufacture and sell electric vehicles globally. Our headquarters is located in Palo Alto California and our primary manufacturing facility is in Fremont California. The whole idea behind Tesla was to evolve the design AC engine design of Nikola Tesla. Our company has been extremely innovative in doing so; our first roadster released in 2008. The roadster had the ability to travel 250 miles on a single battery charge. Thus raising the bar for electric vehicles everywhere. Today we have

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    What Is An Eco Car?

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    Literature Review What is an Eco Car? According to the Oxford Dictionary a hybrid car is a car with a petrol engine and an electric motor, each of which can propel it. An eco-car strongly resembles a hybrid car however they only use a fully electric motor as an engine and have to recharge it from a charging point instead of having to use an on-board engine to charge it on the go like a hybrid car. Some eco cars can be powered by alternative energy sources like solar power and hydrogen power. Many

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    still has big pension costs, although not as big as before filing for Chapter 11. Granted, Ford does as well, but with a huge run up in shares, this alleviates some of Ford 's problems, as the company puts shares into the pension. GM moving into electric cars is a positive for the company, and I have no doubt that the Chevy Volt will outsell expectations (Nachman 2010). According to Tom Krishner, the essential difference between Ford and GM, according to some industry analysts, is that GM

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    .Vs. Electric Cars Have you been wondering which car you would want to buy? Well by the time you're done reading this you will be dying to buy yourself or your children an electric car rather than a gas car, here's why. Electrics cars reduce pollution due to it not using fossil fuel. They can help you save money from time to time due to its low maintenance. Electric cars can drive further than gas cars. More people are driving gas cars right now because it costs less than an electric car, but

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    72% of the total CO2 emissions are from highway vehicles and over 50% are from cars and light trucks.3There are 28% of energy used for transportation in the U.S..4 More efforts should be put to reduce the transportation dependency on fossil fuel. In the meantime, biofuel and hydrogen are the alternatives to the fossil oil. Alternative types of vehicle is also invented, such as hybrid and hydrogen powered cars. Mass Transport Systems - Hybrid Vehicles: Hybrid cars are the cars that do not rely on one

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    Gasoline powered vehicles are better! No, hybrids are better! Have you heard these two points-of-view? This last election, the question of energy was a part of both party’s platforms. They talked about wind and solar versus coal and oil, and gasoline versus hybrid vehicles. So here we are, the election is over, but the battle between a gasoline powered vehicles versus a hybrid continues. You might know someone who owns a hybrid car. My uncle bought one in 2006 and for him it works great, but

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    reading this, then it means you either have an interest in these types of cars or you would really want to buy one. If you are reading it for fun, welcome too, you might find something interesting in here. So let's start from the beginning, shall we? Electric cars are far the most amazing car invention ever made, that is why it has received a lot of fame around the world and nearly every country with the ability from China, Japan, USA, UK, Germany and many others has tried to come up with their own. Now

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    (A) Organisation Overview Tesla Motors is an American company, founded in 2003 in Silicon Valley by a group of engineers, who had a vision to create fantastic electric vehicles. Tesla Motors is headquartered in Pano Alto, California. It has 125 service locations and stores worldwide, 6000+ employees and has cars on the road in 37 countries. The co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors is Elon Musk. Musk is well known as the founder or co-founder of several other companies that originated before Tesla

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    I am assessing a journal article entitled: Energy efficiency comparison between hydraulic hybrid and hybrid electric vehicles. The journal article was published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, on May 26, 2015. Author Jia-Shiun Chen from the Department of Vehicle Engineering at National Taipei University of Technology, submitted the journal on March 4, 2015.

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