Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Diesel hybrid buses have brought that up a bit, but nowhere near the 50 mile per gallon level. Technically, buses based on the MESA will be serial hybrids, similar to the Chevy Volt , because they will drive on electricity but use a gas generator to recharge. Though $155,000 seems awfully cheap for lithium-ion battery packs.

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Plug Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 32

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The first step was the hybrid, which proved to the world that electric power can reduce gas consumption. Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap. Electricity costs are relatively inexpensive.

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Charging Batteries Battery Nickel Metal Hydride 30

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

As if that were not enough, I’m hearing now that BYD is on the verge of a breakthrough in the solar power business and that the company has big plans to make rechargeable batteries at a utility scale to store energy from intermittent, renewable sources like wind and solar. Youre already getting our newsletter.

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