The CLA-class will come in both electric and ... combined with a 1:12 expansion ratio. Mercedes-Benz The engine is coupled to a new version of the Mercedes 8F-DCT twin-clutch automatic ...

To satisfy the rules, a used plug-in hybrid must be: Perhaps a bit before its time, the Chevrolet Volt ... electric motor for a combined 204 horsepower. All-wheel drive and a six-speed dual-clutch ...

An electric vehicle’s largest, most important and most expensive component is its high-voltage battery pack. Many newer bespoke EVs are built around their battery pack, and some have even ...

It has a dual-speed gearbox and a 24-position clutch ... lighter-duty 12-volt products and the M18 series of 18-volt heavy duty tools, which includes the most powerful cordless electric drill ...

And yet, most of the electric cars and PHEVs on the road right now, whatever their range or 0-to-60-mph time, depend on a relic to get moving: a 12-volt battery, usually of the lead-acid variety.

That may be a confusing experience, but fear not — we'll explore why that's there, and uncover the secrets of an electric car's 12 volt systems while we're at it. Most electric cars get around ...

Of those such concepts to be shown at this year's gathering is the Wrangler-based Magneto concept is of particular interest—first, because it's electric ... a pair of 12-volt batteries power ...

Electric vehicles may be the ... Charge is stored in a 48-volt battery roughly the size of a small briefcase. Operating via a DC-DC converter, the 48-volt battery supplies a compact 12-volt battery ...

For Italian Volt, that advantage ... 7,692 mi (12,379 km) electric motorcycle journey from Shanghai to Milan. During their record-breaking trip, which passed through 12 countries over 44 days ...

Needless to say, standard 12-volt electrical ... To power the car with only electric power without having to drag along the non-running engine, the engine-side clutch opens, and the motor spins ...

Our carefully planned, 12-hour window to ... Although it's easy to describe Volt 1 and Volt 2's drivetrains with the same vocabulary—four-cylinder engine, two electric motors, planetary gears ...

to provide the performance required by a Cadillac plug-in hybrid and perhaps 12 to 20 miles of electric range? Waiting to drive it Stay tuned on that one. Meanwhile, the Volt team is clearly proud ...