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Greentech Media | The Bus With Plug and Play Batteries

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Though $155,000 seems awfully cheap for lithium-ion battery packs. Email The Bus With Plug and Play Batteries With Adura's drive train, you can run on different types of lithium-ion batteries or ultracapacitors. The company claims you can even get 50 miles per gallon, but full development is still underway.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap. by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read. by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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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