Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Exact figures on industry sales are hard to pin down; yet The New York Times quoted experts saying Americans bought roughly 500,000 e-bikes in 2020, compared to about 210,000 plug-in automobiles. Industry analysts expect that uptick in adoption to continue. The price of that electric boost is weight.

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Motorcycles Cars Motor Motors 145

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants". Forget the black helicopter conspiracies. Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41