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Volkswagen Group France and SNAM partner on recycling hybrid and EV batteries

Green Car Congress

Through this agreement, SNAM (a subsidiary of Floridienne Group) will be responsible not only for dismantling and recycling, but also the collection of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles (NiMH and Li-ion). The NiMH and Li-Ion batteries will be treated in compliance with European environmental standards.

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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

Early EV1 adopter While at graduate school in electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithica, New York, Cox heard about the GM Impact , an electric vehicle (EV) program that General Motors had with Hughes Aircraft, a firm it had recently purchased. “I I had a 30 mile commute to work… and there were no charging stations there.”

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Interim NREL Report on In-Use Azure Balance Gasoline Hybrids in FedEx Fleet Finds Substantially Lower Tailpipe Emissions, Similar Fuel Economy to Diesels

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FedEx has deployed 20 gasoline hybrid electric vehicles (gHEVs) on parcel delivery routes in the Sacramento and Los Angeles areas. Ah NimH battery pack. gHEV acceleration demands are shared by the gasoline engine and the battery and electric motor, while the diesel vehicle relies solely on its diesel engine. Chassis Mfr./Model.

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Campaign Begins

Plug In Partners

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) would combine today’s new gas-electric hybrid technology with larger batteries that could provide an all-electric operating range of 25 to 35 miles or more. Everything needed is available: the power trains, the gasoline engines, the computer systems, electric motors and batteries.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Advanced Do It Yourself/EAA-PHEV www.priusplus.org : CalCars and the Electric Auto Associations PHEV group created this open-source project to bring PHEV conversions to 04-08 Prius owners across the country. Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies www.hevt.com Chicago, IL converts Ford F-150 pickup trucks. Green Gears, Inc.

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Prius c hybrid goes on sale in US with entry MSRP of $18,950; new transaxle, motor technology

Green Car Congress

Ah NiMH battery and a variable-voltage system in which a boost converter boosts the operating voltage of the system to a maximum of 520 V DC. Too, the electrically driven water pump allows coolant flow rate to be controlled with greater precision based on vehicle conditions for better fuel efficiency. hp) and 169 N·m (124.6

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Hymotion, February 2006 Hymotion Toronto, Ontario info@hymotion.com 6. Electro Energy, March 2006 CalCars and Electro Energy Danbury, CT info@electroenergyinc.com 7. South Coast Air Quality Management District, March 2006 EnergyCS Los Angeles County, CA LMirisola@aqmd.gov 8. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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