Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

The controversy centres on its use of a nickel metal hydride battery. The Prius uses a lot of fossil fuels during its hybrid battery development and now critics are calling for Toyota to correct its green statements. The argument surrounding the battery is that it uses so much fossil fuel during its development.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 20, 2010

&# may recall it was a little more complicated than that… The first five states where the Leaf will be available are: California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington. Read more about it in the San Jose Mercury News Article: Reservations for the all-electric Nissan Leaf start Tuesday. The Leaf has a range of 100 miles.

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Green Cars News

JULY 20, 2009

Carmaker Nissan is to begin manufacturing batteries for electric cars at its Sunderland plant. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Business Secretary Lord Mandelson today welcomed Nissan’s intention to invest more than £200m over the next five years in a new battery factory in Sunderland. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 15, 2006

It is time for Plan B , time to build a new economy and a new world." So writes Lester Brown , President of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute , a member of the Plug in Partners Coalition. Using timers to recharge batteries with electricity coming from wind farms during the low demand hours between 1 and 6 a.m.

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Green Cars News

JULY 29, 2009

Electric trucks created in Washington, Tyne & Wear are today on the roads of Washington DC. Powered by the latest Lithium-Ion batteries and a 120kw electric motor, the Smith Newton has a top speed of 50mph (80km) and a range in excess of 100 miles (160km) on a full charge. It can be recharged in six hours.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Along with other national leaders in the PHEV movement, including Dr. Andy Frank and Mark Duvall of EPRI , I spoke to the need to fund battery research and demonstration vehicles. Afterward several members of Congress went outside for test drives in a plug-in hybrid brought to Washington by Cal-Cars.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 24, 2006

EV world NATIONAL COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO URGE AUTOMAKERS TO PRODUCE PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES WASHINGTON, D.C.—January Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) would combine today’s new gas-electric hybrid technology with larger batteries that could provide an all-electric operating range of 25 to 35 miles or more.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Español HD Mobile Engadget Engadget Engadget Web Images Video News Local RSS Feed Contact us Tip us on news! Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Although an electric range of 10 miles may not sound too impressive, the more frequently a battery is fully discharged during normal operation, and subsequently recharged from the grid, the faster the consumer sees a return on their battery investment. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

According to Hollis, consumer demand isn’t sufficient enough for the mass adoption of battery electric vehicles to develop as fast as everyone would like. He added that battery electric vehicles cost too much and that the infrastructure isn’t ready for recharging the batteries away from home. “I

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

kW sun-tracking solar canopy, and battery storage options of 22, 32 or 43 kWh. Now they’re understanding it with a gusto all the way from the halls of power in Washington DC to corporate offices across the country. Some customers need more battery storage than others. The EV ARC features a 4.3 feet above grade.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 11, 2023

They are also heavy, thanks to their battery packs. Homendy shared some of her issues with electric vehicles during a speech in Washington to the Transportation Research Board. Safety, especially when it comes to new transportation policies and new technologies, cannot be overlooked,” she said. .

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

They own the hybrid market and are doing quite well, thank you, so why adopt a whole new technology that’s untried on a large scale? Those who make the decisions to forgo battery EVs in favor of plug- in hybrids only ignore a sizable market. Hans Greimel Automotive News July 6, 2009 - 12:01 am ET. manufacturing complex.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Its lithium-ion batteries deliver top speed of 50mph, a range of up to 100 miles on a single charge and can be recharged from flat to full in 6-8 hours. The vehicles deliver top speeds of up to 70mph, a proven range on one battery charge of 100 miles with proven payload capabilities.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. We will own the battery. We will always own the batteries,&# said Mr. Thesen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). or s.peeraer@spinnovation.com. View full size photo. Contact info: John Joyce.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O., April 10, 2009 10:09 am Link It amazes me that in the vast debate about electric cars world wide including here in Norway, no one ever mention the fact that the batteries in such cars need replacement in no more than five years.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. For EVs, much of the environmental burden centers on the production of batteries, the most energy- and resource-intensive component of the vehicle. AFP/Getty Images.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JANUARY 27, 2009

Cheers PHEV3A'rs, EVADC'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - The "Spirit of DC's" visit to Tioga High School in Groveland, California, is front page news in The Union Democrat, Monday, 26 January 2009. He began his travels on Earth Day at the National Mall in Washington D.C., and, so far, has visited 44 [40] state capitals.

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