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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Fifty years after the birth of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, it’s easy to see its value. And yet this transformative invention took nearly two decades to make it out of the lab, with numerous companies in the United States, Europe, and Asia considering the technology and yet failing to recognize its potential. at Oxford.

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Yamaha Joins Global Move to Battery Swaps for E-bikes

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Today, noisy, polluting, two-stroke gasoline engines are still ubiquitous across Asia,” says Sam Abuelsamid, Principal Research Analyst for Mobility Ecosystems at Guidehouse Insights “Converting those to electric power will go a long way toward helping countries reach their greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets. “It

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Lishen and ZAP in strategic alliance; funding for several thousand EV conversions in US

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Z-Smart is being incorporated into these fleet vehicles to improve performance, safety and efficiency of the converted vehicles and to provide convenient mobile communication to the driver on the charge levels and recharging status.

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EnerDel Partners with Mazda, Itochu, and Others for Smart Grid Integration Project in Japan

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Scheduled to come online in March 2010, the effort involves a set of Mazda vehicles specially converted to electric drive using EnerDel batteries and drivetrain components from EnerDel customer Think Global that will be offered to the public through a car-sharing service akin to Zipcar in the US. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Hago Energetics, Inc aims to help farms become more profitable by converting farm waste to high-value products, such as hydrogen and valuable carbons. rechargeable battery?technology?that It started in California and now operates programs in New York, China, India, Southeast Asia and East Africa. Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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Skip to Content Massively explains Warhammer Online to the dedicated WoW player AOL Tech Europe ↓ Polska Deutschland Asia ↓ ???? ???? ??? ???? Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France."

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Kia introduces Ray EV in Korea; 2,500 units to be produced in 2012 for use by government agencies

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Recharging times are six hours using a 220V household supply and 25 minutes in fast-charge mode. Inside, the Ray EV instrument cluster displays electric motor operation, battery status and distance to recharge. The EV’s acceleration is brisker than the gasoline model’s (0-to-100 kph in 15.9

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