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Lux forecasts micro-hybrids to grow to 39M vehicles in 2017, creating a $6.9B battery market

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Micro-hybrids and, to a lesser extent, mild hybrids, provide a cost-effective solution to fuel savings to bridge the gap to more disruptive technologies like alternative fuels, plug-in vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles. —Kevin See, Lux Research Analyst and lead author of the report.

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2011 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Adds PHEVs

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For both categories, teams can use any conventionally available energy source, including fuels such as diesel and gasoline as well as alternative fuels such as hydrogen, biomass, solar and, now, electric plug-in. 28 th Shell Eco-marathon Europe: May 26-28, 2011, at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz track in Germany.

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Axion Power Enters Worldwide Supply Agreement with Exide Technologies for PbC Batteries

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has signed a definitive Memorandum of Understanding for a multi-year, global supply relationship with Alpharetta, GA-based Exide Technologies for the purchase of Axion PbC batteries—multi-celled asymmetrically supercapacitive lead-acid-carbon hybrid batteries ( earlier post )—and other Axion technologies. Axion Power International Inc.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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What I do need is an affordable alternative to Lead Acid. A really significant efficiency increase will be realized, and in combination with the new “variable&# alternators from Vancouver, Canada, major wind power efficiencies can be anticipated! Europe uses 220 v.a.c. is a Green Options Media Production.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Now popular in Europe, Think Global meets all European and US federal motor vehicle safety requirements. The revised Think from Think Global has emerged as popular in Europe with a more stylish design than the earlier iteration. Today we could be using lead-acid EVs, lead-carbon-acid EVs, or nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion hybrids.