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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

Cars That Think

Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. By Christmas, he had developed a battery with a titanium-disulfide cathode and a liquid electrolyte that used lithium ions. Up to that time, the best rechargeable battery had been nickel cadmium, which put out a maximum of 1.3

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Kangoo be bop Z.E. electric vehicle available for test drive

Green Cars News

Concept, which was unveiled at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, Kangoo be bop Z.E. Last but not least, lithium-ion batteries are recyclable and the Renault-Nissan Alliance is actively working on establishing recycling processes and infrastructures suited to automotive batteries. Like the Z.E.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? The mines in Canada where the nickel & cadmium are mined is one of the most polluted places on Earth. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies. based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. Interesting in any case.

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