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GM Provides Glimpse of Battery Strategy and Approach for the Future with Briefing on Gen 1 Volt Pack; Work on Gen 2 and Gen 3 Packs Already Underway, With a Focus on Cost

Green Car Congress

GM is defining a “reuse” strategy for cells, packs and modules within its future vehicle line-up. GM is emphasizing the role of thermal management and control systems in the overall pack and vehicle performance. GM views its value-add to the overall pack—and hence to the vehicle—as the thermal management and electronic controls.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. GM is bringing back the Hummer brand as an EV within the GMC brand. This behemoth will be super powerful and long range–and will be expensive too. I’m hoping for the latter.

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AR?V eBikes from GM are available for preorder; two models on BikeExchange.com

Green Car Congress

GM announced AR?V V eBikes are launching first in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, due to the popularity of lithium-ion battery-powered eBikes in those markets. V eBikes are launching first in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, due to the popularity of lithium-ion battery-powered eBikes in those markets.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

We filled the place, which had a 225-person capacity,” said Jerry Pohorsky, another former EVA board member who has served as EAASV chapter president for 11 of the past 13 years. “It The ZeroAvia technology gives 4 times the range of a similar battery-powered electric plane,” said Pohorsky. It was standing room only.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. A Fiat-based battery powered small car is slated for production shortly after the Circuit, according to Chryslers viability plan.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. While GM, Toyota and Hyundai Motor Co. Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , drivers, may also developplug-in electric models as U.S.

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HBK’s digital algorithm can map EV motor efficiency 10 times faster than analog systems

Charged EVs

Our equipment measures battery power, inverter power and motor power to determine each component’s efficiency at different torque-speed combinations. We put the battery, inverter and motor on a dynamometer, and enter a number of setpoints that fix a torque and a speed for the full range of the powertrain.

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