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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

A citywide backlash against battery-powered vehicles followed, as reported by multiple sources. Meanwhile, investigators ultimately concluded that a gasoline-powered scooter had in fact caused the fire.) In 2022, there were only 24 EV car fires in Sweden, representing 0.004 percent of battery-powered cars there.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

And then this past week, GM released its humorous “ No Way Norway ” EV commercial featuring Will Ferrell. ” Source: GM Norway Super Bowl TV Commercial. The 15 years in the future 2035 aspiration to stop selling gas- and diesel-powered vehicles is clearly a long way off and a lot can change in that timeframe.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells. The Honda FCX Clarity FCEV and the Toyota Mirai FCEV, both use an electric drive motor and a battery pack. So why haven’t FCEV becoming as prolific as other electric cars?

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Feature: Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars The Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Hydrogen Vs. Battery Powered Cars. They still have a long way to go before catching up on fossil fuel-powered cars in convenience of fueling. In comparison, only 7,500 hydrogen powered cars were sold by that time. Honda’s Clarify is another fuel cell option. Another incident occurred in Sandvika, Norway.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Such systems would require significant improvement in the capacity, weight, and size of batteries, motors, engines, and other components, he said. "I 10/23/07 Honda Motor Co.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Reply ↓ ↑ report 17 DRK_ILLIDAN 1:09AM (4/24/2009) Stop makin f*kn battery powered cars there not gonna work, yeah woo zero emissions remember where the powers coming from rite now nim rods, you still have tins of co2 at the power plant.