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  • Electrified trailer cuts fuel consumption in semi-trucks by 36.3%

    12/29/2023 1:06:51 PM PST · by Red Badger · 60 replies
    New Atlas ^ | November 19, 2023 | Loz Blain
    A plug 'n' play electrified trailer that reduces fuel consumption on trucks to about the level they can do without a trailer onRange Energy VIEW 2 IMAGES Range Energy makes truck trailers, with a clever connection to any standard tractor cab, loaded with electric powertrains to turn any semi into an efficient hybrid. They also let you push entire trailers around by hand at the depot in "shopping cart mode." Range's 53-foot (16-m) RA-01 trailer packs its own 200-kWh battery, as well as an 800-volt e-axle powertrain that can put up to 14,000 Nm (10,326 lb-ft) of torque, at up...
  • Ex-GM CEO Makes 'Green' Comeback

    12/05/2002 8:25:39 AM PST · by Chemist_Geek · 176+ views
    Reuters ^ | Sunday December 1, 11:11 am ET | Michael Ellis
    ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (Reuters) - Nearly 10 years to the day after he was pushed out as chief of General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM - News), Bob Stempel shoveled a handful of dirt to break ground for a new plant in Ohio that could make him a key player in a more environmentally friendly automotive industry.Stempel, 70, could easily have retired to a comfortable life after his tenure as chairman and CEO of GM ended in October 1992 with a boardroom coup. But now as chairman of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. (NasdaqNM:ENER - News) he works 60 to 70 hours a...