Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 16, 2009

Photo by Antuan Goodwin, from the CNET Article: Test-driving the Nissan EV-02 electric car. The acceleration was significantly better than my RAV, no doubt due to the Li-Ion battery pack weighing about 400-500 lbs less than the Toyota’s NiMH pack. I got invited to go to Dodger Stadium this afternoon to test drive the Nissan EV.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

However, as the article points out, it feels like a trip down a well-traveled green road to nowhere. Regardless, GM ought to be producing the Volt now with the best available batteries, a PHEV-version of the NiMH in every hybrid on the road and which took the EV1 140 miles between charges. GM continues to spread the gospel of the Volt.

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Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2022

A study conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) further revealed that 39.2% As someone who deals with driving anxiety and sudden OCD tendencies on the road, this article strikes close to home. of motor vehicle accident survivors develop some form of PTSD as well. . Credit: The Zebra. A Note from the Author.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2009

With the same calculations, NiMh offers 214 Wh/kg, and cobalt oxide Li-ion cells offer 414 Wh/kg. Current prominent battery systems such as Li-ion and NiMH demonstrate “ huge gaps ” between expected and practical performances, the researchers note. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja906529g.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. Lithium-Ion batteries share many characteristics with NiMH. Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Peter Roach, Birmingham, UK Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries powered the late GM EV1 and still power hundreds of Toyota RAV4 EVs, some over 100,000 miles. Why does everybody state Tesla as US, When this is UK engineering from Norfolk in Great Britian? Is it becuase US market prefers a "home" product?

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Last week it began taking pre-bookings for the Peugeot i0n model ( see article ), which is based on the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The Peugeot name actually has a long history in the production of electric vehicles, having sold more ‘zero emission’ vehicles than any other manufacturer in the world.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Even so, most next gen EV manufacturers are focused on lithium ion (and to a lesser extent NiMH) as the core technology to power their cars. More often than not, the “recycling&# of NiMH or lithium-ion batteries involves shipping them off to places like China, where their fate is truly unknown. link] — Adam Carter 11.

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