Green Car Reports

APRIL 23, 2015

Scientists at UCLA''s California NanoSystems Institute says they have developed a hybrid device that goes beyond simple. The need to increase electric-car ranges and decrease charging times has led to huge amounts of research into improved battery chemistries. But why stop at the stuff that goes into the battery?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2009

Company officials are considering potential sites in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama and California. kW motor and offers either a 72V, 165Ah lead-acid battery (base option) or a 72V, 140Ah Li-polymer battery. Vehicles will range in price from US$8,000 to $16,000 fully equipped. The e-Zone uses a 72V, 5.0

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Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 1, 2022

But things changed for Cox when GM came out with a new version of the EV1 with a non-toxic nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery with more than twice the energy of the original lead acid battery. This included an April, 2018 appearance as ‘Starman’ at a Yuri’s Night event at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

Z-Smart is adapted for various configurations, different size motors and battery systems for all of the electric vehicles delivered by ZAP, for both its lithium battery EVs as well as the lead acid battery models.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2009

Replacing lead acid batteries in electric lift trucks, these product installations will allow for fleet conversions within warehouses and distribution centers in Arkansas, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2009

During the Work Truck Show in Chicago, California-based Electric Vehicles International (EVI) has introduced a line of electric and hybrid Class 3-6 commercial vehicles to the US market. use Valence lithium phosphate or Trojan lead acid battery packs for power. eviLightTrucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

Company officials are considering potential sites in Alabama, California, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina; the company expects to employ 2,600 within the next five years. offer dual independent circuit hydraulic disk brakes and four-wheel MacPherson strut independent suspension.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2022

For EV propulsion, we’ve come a long way since the lead-acid chemistry still used to power electric starters and cabin electronics. Now a team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego, says it has hit upon a new electrolyte chemistry for lithium batteries that doesn’t freeze at temperatures down to –100 °C.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

kWh lead acid battery pack with a 13 kW, 52 N·m AC induction motor, offering a range of 80 km (50 miles) and a top speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). Empire State Development (ESD) has offered Bannon a $3 million capital grant to proceed with the project. The NXR is available in two specifications: the NXR City uses a 7.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Anderman is founder and chairman of the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC); the 13 th annual conference is scheduled for February 2013 in Pasadena, California. New developments in lead-acid batteries also present some big challenges for suppliers of Li-Ion batteries as they seek to remain competitive, according to the report.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2021

kWh lead-acid battery in its earliest versions. Safely deploying self-driving technology at scale: Cruise, GM’s majority-owned subsidiary, recently became the first company to receive permission from regulators in California to provide a driverless AV passenger service to the public. Details will be announced at a later date.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

For example, the University of California, San Diego will receive approximately $3.5 University of California Los Angeles. Long-Life, Acid-Based Battery. University of California, San Diego. The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will develop a new battery that can be built into a vehicle frame.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. ACP looked at other ways of marketing its technology and saw an opportunity in the California electricity crisis then unfolding.

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

EV Batteries: The Basics Electric cars are powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are more energy dense than the lead-acid batteries found in internal combustion engines or rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries found in some hybrids. So the question remains: How long can you expect your EV battery to last?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

A study of a hybrid tugboat, funded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and conducted by UC Riverside, found that when compared with a conventional diesel-powered version, a hybrid tugboat can reduce emissions of PM 2.5 Overall in-use emissions based on individual tug. operating mode weighing factors. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2009

Jadoo, together with Acumentrics Corporation, NASCAR Media Group, Lynch Diversified Vehicles, California’s Police and Fire Departments of the City of Folsom, and Airgas, Inc., Success in this project will lead to further fleet conversions at some or all of Anheuser-Busch’s other 11 US facilities. Plug Power Inc. Latham, NY).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In the US program, the city of Torrance, California along with Stanford University and Google Inc., VRLA (lead-acid), Panasonic. In addition to Japan and the United States, Honda is considering the possibility of conducting a similar program in China. Solar-powered charging station for the test vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Cheers PHEV3'rs, EVADC'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - Shortly, the "Spirit" will be taking on the scenic California coastline per Pacific Coast Hwy 1. With each lead acid battery at about 16 pounds, it totals 320 pounds, which allows the “Spirit” to use more electricity than a regular hybrid. And more will follow.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Quallion showcased the system, which is designed to support 10 hour of cooling at end-of-life, at the recent Battery Show in San Jose, California. By designing an ultra-efficient HVAC system, Quallion’s battery solution is 25% of the weight of an equivalent lead acid system with a standard HVAC used in trucks today.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

has begun production of all-electric, heavy-duty drayage trucks capable of hauling 30-ton shipping containers in and around the San Pedro Bay, California port complex. Click to enlarge. Balqon Corp. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The future of the market is particularly dependent on government policies, with that of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) being the most important driver. Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) have typically only picked up in the past with the offer of substantial discounts from automakers (in addition to sizeable government subsidies).

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

London could soon replace California as the electric car capital of the world. Limited ranged, lead-acid battery based cars, they have nonetheless proven the demand of even less than perfect electric vehicles. India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz. Norway's Th!nk

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 1, 2009

Although BMW didn’t sell enough cars in California to be obligated under the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate during the ‘90s, during the past few years it was clear the German automaker would cross the threshold. Jeff U’Ren drove a Panasonic Lead Acid EV-1 for a few years.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

Jerry gave a comprehensive overview of the conversion technology used in the Spirit of DC, including the lead-acid battery pack module installation from Plug-In Supply in Santa Rosa, California. A hydraulic lift assembly for the 300 lb.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Aqua Metals has produced the first AquaRefined lead at its AquaRefinery in McCarran, Nevada. AquaRefining is a water-based, room-temperature process that is the only clean lead recycling method for lead-acid batteries (LAB). We are confident that our lead products will exceed the most rigorous industry specifications.

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Lead Acid Nevada Tahoe Batteries 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We Hybrid Center at the University of California-Davis : under Prof. The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We now have three working converted prototypes (both described in Fact Sheet above, shown in photos and here ): The Calcars first proof-of-concept: (100+ mpg plus electricity, 10-mile electric range, now with temporary lead-acid battery pack, soon to be replaced by nickel metal-hydride batteries).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Balqon Corporation, an emerging developer and manufacturer of zero emissions heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), introduced a lithium-ion battery powered heavy-duty electric truck designed for use in on-highway short-haul applications at the Governors’ Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, California.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2015

Hybrid market share is about 6% of vehicles sold in California—more than twice the national average—and about 20% in Japan (30% if the kei car segment is excluded). Forty-five hybrid models were available in 2014 in the US; these captured about 2.75% of the overall US passenger vehicle market, down slightly from 3.19% in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2018

That picture changes considerably in California, with the PHEV model tagged with 150 g/mile, while the electric carries a burden of 90 g/mile. We experienced this on a medium-length drive over hilly terrain in Southern California. The Ioniq Electric: 180 g/mile.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

California with 11 Chapters at least with re-visits: EVAoSC, Ventura Couty EAA, Central Coast EAA, SFEVA, SF Peninsula EAA, Konocti EAA, East Bay EAA, Greater Sacramento EAA, Tehachapi EAA, plus the functional Chapters -- PluginAmerica, and CALCars. Visiting EAA Chapters, done in conjunction at times with "A" and "B" above: 1.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2012

In 2009, the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program awarded researchers at the University of California at Riverside (UCR) a $760,705 grant to support the development of a new generation of HEMFCs that are dramatically more ion-conductive, durable and tolerant of abuse than previous devices.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Production of advanced lead-acid batteries, using lead-carbon electrodes for micro and mild hybrid applications. Production of the UltraBattery (lead-acid battery with a carbon supercapacitor combination) for micro and mild hybrid applications. Exide Technologies with Axion Power International. Lyon Station, PA.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 9, 2009

According to its website, it is a California-based manufacturer of battery-electric and hybrid-electric trucks that was founded in 1989, spent years or development and has been building and selling its vehicles in Mexico for several years now. Lead-acid batteries would provide less range.

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Chicago Lead Acid San Diego Mexico 124

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

Research on the convection battery, initiated in 2008, has received funding from both the National Science Foundation and the Energy Innovations Small Grant Program of the California Energy Commission. They were also presented at the AICHE annual meeting in October 2011.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. But it now looks like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to adopt some new regulations which could put it out of business quickly. Photograph by Chris Duffey. “For us, the new regulations, especially the warranty, are a deal breaker.&#.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2012

More broadly, Pike envisions PEV sales in California—the leading market for such in the US—expanding into smaller urban and suburban regions with more dealers beginning to offer the vehicles. Pike also anticipates forward momentum with PEVs in China. Globally, the e-bike market will grow by 10% to more than 33.6

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