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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

A shitty obscure Chinese electric car. Dropping to just 3km range when Chinese EV refused to charge. I suggested to the Europcar lady that a mysterious Chinese EV with circa 300km range, no Euro NCAP safety rating or Apple CarPlay was not, in fact, similar to my beloved Kona Electric. All of this wastes time.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. 5 ] Increasing numbers of drivers can get PEV charging at their workplace. [

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Ningbo researchers propose mixed-ion Li/Na batteries

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, are proposing a novel concept of Li + /Na + mixed-ion electrolytes for rechargeable batteries for large-scale energy storage. Unlike wet chemical methods, it does not require any chemicals and generates zero waste for disposal.

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IBM releases fifth annual Next Five in Five list of near-term significant innovations; personalized routing for commuting/transportation makes the cut

Green Car Congress

IBM and its partners have launched a multi-year research initiative exploring rechargeable Li-air systems for transportation—The Battery 500 Project ( earlier post )—but are viewing it in terms of a multi-decade development cycle. In today’s transistor, energy is constantly leaking or being lost or wasted in the off-state.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Nuclear waste is a problem much harder to solve than CO2, and dams have quite an impact in the environment.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

What a waste. The BZ4X version resembles Toyota’s popular RAV4, and features a distinctive “yoke” in place of a traditional steering wheel, as well as a solar recharging system, which “cleverly recharges the battery while stationary.” I feel these companies just have a sunk cost bias.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. More Recharging Detroit The future of the U.S. Batteries that go farther than the competitions and recharge in a shorter time will win. The business world hopes shes right. This does not bode well for U.S.

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