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Market Update: How Battery Pack Costs Declined Since 2008

Blink Charging

The cost of battery packs has been a significant factor in the adoption of these technologies, and recent developments show that we’re moving in the right direction as prices drop. The good news is that things are starting to change. But the price of these batteries had been a major roadblock to electric vehicle adoption.

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

Creative Greenius

Or maybe the guy driving the car was babying it because he knew Frank was biased… or scared of new things. The Focus is supposed to get 100 miles to a charge, but Frank is very worried about where people are going to plug in their cars. They’re so silent, deaf people are concerned about them.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O., Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O., The big problems now is how to create a battery that can charge rapidly and infrastructure to charge them.

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