Plugs and Cars
APRIL 16, 2007
Must the battery really be lithium to get this radically different automobile off the drawing board and into the showroom? Asked why not Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in the Volt, at least to start, he says "NiMH just doesn't do it." And there's the rub. Or is lithium the new hydrogen?
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 24, 2006
Such a vehicle could reduce gasoline consumption for the average American by 50 percent to 70 percent and reduce automobile emissions well in excess of emissions that might result from the additional use of power plants. For example, an area pest control company has pledged to buy up to 150 light weight plug-in trucks, once they are produced.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2010
A century after the invention of the automobile, we must re-invent it with powertrains that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of conventional petroleum fuels. One of many alternatives is through what is commonly called the electrification of the automobile. Earlier post.).
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." Establishing dealer network. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Batteries not ready.
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