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VW Passat hybrid to prove low cost solution to CO2

Green Cars News

Teaming up with Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC), the organisations are to install ‘micro-mild’ hybrid technology into the family saloon model to prove the significant CO2 reductions possible at relatively low [.].

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it 

Electric Vehicles India

Lithium-ion batteries are something which everyone prefers over lead-acid batteries, since the last ten years its been seen used mostly mobiles to every electronic appliance. This means a battery’s CO2 footprint will be regarded the same no matter if it will allow 500 charge and discharge cycles or 5,000.

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Welsh University forms battery partnership

Green Cars News

The University of Glamorgan will team with advanced material company Atraverda to produce a commercially viable bi-polar lead-acid battery. Tags: Green cars Latest news Atraverda bi-polar lead acid batteries University of Glamorgan.

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Super Hybrid set for Geneva debut

Green Cars News

To be more precise, it’s the LC Super Hybrid, which has been conceived by the Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium and Controlled Power Technologies. Together they have created a car that can achieve a significant reduction in CO2 emissions thanks to using the [.]. Is it a bird… is it a plane… no, it’s a super hybrid.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

While the industry is unregulated some of the lads started using electric motors (hub motors) similar to those produced by golden motor and run these pedicabs on the lead acid or gel batteries. External resources: BBC NEWS - [link]. The problem with it is that these are too slow and are messing around. Maxpro Pedicabs - [link]

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HyBoost project could cut emissions by 40 per cent

Green Cars News

A new project has set the ambitious goal of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 30-40 per cent. The research is being led by Ricardo, with partners including Controlled Power Technologies, Ford, Imperial College London, Valeo and the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium.

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First retro-fit plug-in hybrid system to help the unconverted

Green Cars News

Designed to operate as a ‘Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle’ (PHEV), the development team retained the existing conventional front-wheel-drive system of the Combo but added an electric drive, powered via Exide’s low cost advanced lead acid batteries, to the rear wheels.

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