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GM reveals new Ultium batteries and flexible global platform for rapid growth of EV lineup

Green Car Congress

Most will have 400-volt battery packs and up to 200 kW fast-charging capability while the electric truck platform will have 800-volt battery packs and 350 kW fast-charging capability. Motors designed in-house will support front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive and performance all-wheel drive applications.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. The only all-electric “highway-capable&# vehicle available today is the $109,000 Tesla Roadster. Americans who have been waiting for an affordable, all-electric car won’t have to wait much longer.

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P G & E Plugs Drive

Plug In Partners

Car companies say the technology to produce PHEV vehicles is not advanced enough to make the cars affordable for the average consumer. The technology is available today. Become a Partner today. A PHEV would cut a consumer’s gas cost down to $0.75 per gallon , advocates say. This could be done immediately.”

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric cars the world over to be recharged anywhere, regardless of which recharging station they stop at.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries. The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short.