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GE and Nissan Get Into Smart Charging

Revenge of the Electric Car

GE and Nissan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly research “smart charging&# stations. For more information, read the article: GE, Nissan team on smart charging for electric cars. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: GE, Nissan team on smart charging for electric cars.

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Greenius On The Scene: Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

The Creative Greenius with the new Nissan Leaf flat lithium ion battery. The Nissan spokesman told me they will be selling the battery as a standalone product too. His new blog is a must read for anyone who wants the inside scoop on the latest: [link].

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136. BATTERY MANAGEMENT IS DISRUPTING THE VALUE CHAIN IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES — PART 1

Qnovo

I will explore this topic in more detail in a series of blogs. Generally, these are electrical systems with very little intelligence related to the chemical operation of the lithium-ion battery. Most electric vehicles on the road, whether you own a Tesla , a Nissan Leaf , a BMW i3, have one of these basic BMS on board.

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Fact or Fiction: Electric Vehicle Charging in 2022

Blink Charging

While it’s true that current lithium-ion batteries use some rare earth materials, and there are questions about the ethics of how they’re mined, the environmental impact is still far less than it is for oil and gas. . EV batteries are just as bad for the environment as gasoline.

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How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last?

Blink Charging

An EV doesn’t use only one Li-ion (lithium-ion) battery, though. Now, Nissan and Tesla offer an eight-year and 100,000-mile warranty. Also, electric batteries are much more efficient and much less toxic today. An EV battery doesn’t look much different from the one you have currently powering your smartphone.

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PIP Declares Victory

Plug In Partners

Ford , Chrysler , Volvo Nissan , Subaru and VW have all indicated they will be bringing plug-in hybrids to the showroom floor for sale within the next few years. it stands for “Build Your Dreams”—claims to supply 65 percent of the world’s nickel-cadmium batteries, and 30 percent of its lithium ion mobile phone batteries.

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2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV: 42 mile EV range/600 total miles! A smash hit!

Current EV

Lithium-ion cells for the Prime’s 18.1-kWh All RAV4s come with a comprehensive warranty matching what’s provided by rivals Honda and Nissan, but the RAV4 e-models come with a lengthy protection plan for their hybrid components. kilowatt onboard charger takes around 12 hours to fully charge the car’s lithium-ion battery.

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