Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

However, generally speaking, the government continued, China has not achieved a breakthrough with new energy automobiles and core components of the key technologies. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. Experts urged greater efforts on China’s part to boost development of the new energy vehicle industry.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we still need to achieve considerably better battery performance before plug-ins become a truly viable proposition. Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far. based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. It was a Manufacturing Failure, as GM NEVER planned to build the car in Volume, so No Economies of Scale were ever achieved. Interesting in any case.

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