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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

Green Car Congress

The batteries will rely heavily on new materials, new manufacturing technologies and intelligent controls. Other battery awards were: Grantee Description. Aeroenvironment plans to manufacture a Mobile Charger that combines a battery pack with a Level 3 DC connector. Rogers Foam Automotive Corporation. Aerovironment, Inc.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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Best electric scooters in India 2023

Electric Vehicles India

The TVS iQube has all the modern features you need, including LED lighting, a full-color TFT instrument panel, USB charging port, under-seat helmet storage, and a plug-and-play charger. Access your ride stats, remote battery charging, geofencing status, and more with just a few taps on your smartphone. It also has a 7.0-inch

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The biggest barrier is the battery." GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Hes confident that challenge can be met, though. ( Detroit Free Press ).

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

That bet takes shape at a new lithium ion battery plant and at an electric-vehicle assembly line that Nissan will build at its Smyrna, Tenn., In California, Nissan of Elk Grove owner John Driebe thinks Nissan has identified a powerful new market segment. Batteries are expensive. manufacturing complex.

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