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This bright yellow speed demon is called the Jet Bus, and it's probably the fastest school bus ever built, all thanks to a powerful jet engine. Created by the Gerd Habermann Racing Group, the jet bus is propelled by a kerosene-powered Westinghouse J34 turbine, which generates an astonishing 25,000 horsepower. It went on display at the 2017 Essen Motor Show in Germany this weekend.
Since its debut in September 2022 Nissan's innovative e-POWER has seduced over 100,000 customers. To date, 65,367 Qashqais and 34,663 X-Trails, equipped with this powertrain, have been sold in Europe.What sets e-POWER apart is that the wheels are solely driven by an electric motor. This means the drive is effortless, smooth and quiet – much like a full electric vehicle. Indeed, e-POWER customers' feedback shows that they particularly appreciate the quietness and easy driving characteristics of the powertrain. The advanced and efficient petrol engine within the e-POWER system is used only to generate electricity, which charges the on-board battery and powers the wheels through the electric motor.When low power is required to drive the vehicle and when battery has enough power, the electric motor driving the wheels is only using electricity from the battery. If more power is needed, the engine generates electricity to power the electric motor and charge the battery. When maximum power is required, the electric motor takes electricity from both the engine and from the battery. Additionally, anytime possible power regeneration takes place and energy from vehicle motion is sent back to the battery.In addition, electrical energy generation is controlled according to road conditions. When road noise increases due to surface conditions and vehicle speed, the engine switches on to charge the e-POWER battery pack. This reduces the need for the engine to operate under otherwise quieter conditions.
Barcelona, Sep 14 (EFE) .- (Camera: EFE) Punch Group plans to manufacture 46,144 vehicles in the Nissan facilities in Barcelona in 2025 and 75,678 in 2030, adding diesel and hydrogen, a production volume that would allow maintaining the current workforce as well as guarantee a good part of the provider network.FOOTAGE OF THE CONFERENCE AND PROTOTYPE OF THE HYDROGEN CAR PRESENTED IN BARCELONASOUNDBITES BY PIERPAOLO ANTONIOLI, CHIEF OF TECHNOLOGY; ANDY PALMER, LEADER OF THE REINDUSTRIALIZATION PROJECT, AND GUANMARCO BORETTO, DIRECTOR OF PUNCH TORINO
The BMW Group now offers the world's largest selection of premium cars with an electrified drive system. There are 21 electrified models (Full Electric and Plug-in Hybrid) and 71 with 48-volt mild hybrid technology available on the Italian market.With a ten-year sustainability plan, the BMW Group underlines its commitment to the goals of the Paris climate agreement, focusing primarily on expanding electric mobility. Today, BMW and MINI brands with all-electric and plug-in hybrid propulsion systems already account for around 13.3 percent of all new registrations across Europe (source: IHS Markit New Registrations Report July 2020). This corresponds to 1.5 times the average share of all brands, which is around 8%. The Group expects this figure to rise to a quarter by 2021, to a third by 2025 and to 50% by 2030.
With a ten-year plan for sustainability, the BMW Group is underscoring its commitment to the goals of the Paris climate agreement, the main focus being on the expansion of electric mobility. Today, the BMW and MINI brands featuring all-electric and plug-in hybrid drive systems respectively already account for approximately 13.3 of all new registrations Europe-wide (source: IHS Markit New Registrations July 2020 Report). This corresponds to 1.5-fold of the average share of all brands, which is around 8 percent. The company expects this figure to rise to a quarter by 2021, to a third by 2025 and to 50 percent by 2030. Vehicles of the BMW and MINI brands featuring electrified drive systems are now offered in 74 markets worldwide, where more than 500,000 electrified vehicles were sold by 2019. By the end of 2021, this figure will probably rise to over a million. In spite of pandemic-related restrictions, more vehicles from the BMW Group were sold during the first half of 2020 than in the corresponding previous-year period. BMW Group sustainability goals aim at putting more than seven million vehicles with electrified drive systems on the road worldwide by 2030, two thirds of them all-electric variants. As a result of the massive expansion of electric mobility, emissions produced by BMW Group vehicles per kilometre driven will be reduced by around 40 percent by the year 2030.
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