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China’s CALB wants lithium battery factory in Portugal – ET Auto

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Portugal has the largest reserves in Europe of lithium, the main element in the batteries that power electric cars. It will “serve the strong customer demand, mainly in the automobile industry,” APA said on its website. A public consultation on the project is due to run until the end of February.

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EV special III / Opinion / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cartoon Welcome > Themes > Hybrid & Electric > Opinion > EV special III Experience the electric future Annick Driessen, MindsinMotion.net Thursday 16 April 2009 Electric cars will soon be booming, claimed Professor Pier Vellinga in the first of our series on the future of electric vehicles on the Dutch roads.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. The electrification of the automobile is inevitable."

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