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Study: EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks

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The article, “The Business of Electric Vehicles: A Platform Perspective,” was published recently in Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management. million automobiles were sold in the United States in 2019, of which only about 245,000 were battery-powered electric vehicles, researchers said.

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Cash for Volts?

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All stressed that plug-in technology already exists and just needs a push on the financial front from Congress.&#. Here’s the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. All stressed that plug-in technology already exists and just needs a push on the financial front from Congress. starting next year.

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New nanoparticle copper compound cathode could enable low-cost, long-life and high-power potassium-ion batteries for grid storage

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Huggins & Yi Cui (2011) Copper hexacyanoferrate battery electrodes with long cycle life and high power. Nature Communications 2, Article number: 550 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1563. Funding for the research was provided by the US Department of Energy and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Wessells, Robert A.

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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

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Towards this goal, we present for the first time in this article a membrane that can regulate transmembrane ion transport as a function of its redox state. In laboratory tests, the engineers found that their membrane reliably controlled charging and discharging in batteries powered by ions of lithium, sodium and potassium.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

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Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.

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

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Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. Posted by: Bob F | Apr 13, 2009 9:42:47 PM Despite factual errors and oversights in this article, you still make an excellent point. Instead of investing in our future we dumped money on trying to save the past.

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