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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

What I do need is an affordable alternative to Lead Acid. Digg StumbleUpon Facebook MindBodyGreen Hugg Care2 BlinkList Newsvine reddit Furl Tailrank Ma.gnolia Google Bookmarks Yahoo! I charge my EV for 8 hours when I get to work, and then again overnight when I get home. About 15 amps from a 110v outlet is adequate.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Or is it alive but too expensive and if so, what is the more affordable replacement? Following that logic, a 400 basis point penalty in borrowing cost would increase your delivered price by $0.008 to $0.02/ kWh which is significant when you are competing against coal with an ex-works price of $0.05/ kWh total. Is tax equity dead?

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Neutral vdex34 @ Apr 19th 2009 8:18PM for the people bitch about garages, how about something that plus into your outdoor outlets, i got like 6 of them in my yard, at least 2 in the front of the house (and my house is over 100 years old) Highly Ranked Decoy @ Apr 19th 2009 8:56PM You can afford a Tesla, but not a garage? In a word, no.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will seat five, be similar in size to Nissans Versa and Sentra and be affordable to a typical family, he said. "We If we do things the wrong way, thats going to mean building more power plants, more dirty coal plants," he said. We think the market is ready. We think the consumers are ready." Soundoff (79 comments) What do you think?

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