Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

With expected all-electric 80-mile range using Panasonic 18650 Li-ion batteries, the battery pack is expected to cover the vast majority of miles driven in a day by fleet owners of locally driven trucks. The four-wheel drive system uses dual direct-drive traction motors, one on the front axle, the other on the rear.

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Range Long Beach Li-ion Gasoline-Electric 150

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., The first wave of electric car buying is expected to begin around December, when Nissan introduces the Leaf, a five-passenger electric car that will have a range of 100 miles on a fully charged battery and be priced for middle-class families. They cost drivers on average only 2.5

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San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD CEO Wang Chuan-Fu figured out how to make cheaper batteries than the Japanese by replacing machines with migrant workers. The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. Equip those cars with electric motors, and fuel costs drop to $400 a year and emissions are reduced to about 1.5

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62