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VW Lithium-Air Battery, Audi Plug-Ins, Mass Transit Popularity: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Volkswagen promises more-efficient lithium-air batteries, Audi plans more plug-in hybrids, and mass-transit usage grows. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Volkswagen says it can triple battery capacity with lithium-air technology.

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Scottish university makes battery breakthrough

Green Cars News

The University of St Andrews in Scotland appears to have made a significant breakthrough in the advancement of lithium-air batteries. Latest News Green cars Lithium-ion batteries'

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Big Science tools for clean transportation: neutron scattering at ORNL

Green Car Congress

First up is a quick look at the two advanced neutron-scattering facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, which Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to tour: the newer (2006) $1.4-billion billion Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) and the older (1965) High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR).