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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

But things changed for Cox when GM came out with a new version of the EV1 with a non-toxic nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery with more than twice the energy of the original lead acid battery. But Cox stayed true to the EV cause, and in 2006, when he heard news of the Tesla Roadster, he was immediately attentive.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

Green Car Congress

In the US program, the city of Torrance, California along with Stanford University and Google Inc., First launched in 2006, this 4-wheel electric cart will also be used as a testing vehicle. VRLA (lead-acid), Panasonic. Solar-powered charging station for the test vehicles. Click to enlarge. Electric Cart (Monpal ML200).

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Balqon Begins Production of Electric Port Drayage Trucks for San Pedro Ports

Green Car Congress

has begun production of all-electric, heavy-duty drayage trucks capable of hauling 30-ton shipping containers in and around the San Pedro Bay, California port complex. million truck trips that occurred in 2006 between the ports and a local near-dock railyard (the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility or ICTF). Click to enlarge.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. In 2006, CalCars worked on a project with Electro Energy, Inc.

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New “convection battery” could significantly increase performance of existing as well as new, improved battery chemistries

Green Car Congress

Research on the convection battery, initiated in 2008, has received funding from both the National Science Foundation and the Energy Innovations Small Grant Program of the California Energy Commission. Professor Suppes was the recipient of the 2006 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award. Suppes, Galen J.; Sawyer; Michael J.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. But it now looks like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to adopt some new regulations which could put it out of business quickly. The award-winning 2006 documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? Photograph by Chris Duffey.

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