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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

What I do need is an affordable alternative to Lead Acid. Europe uses 220 v.a.c. About 15 amps from a 110v outlet is adequate. Like most people, I tend to drive less than 30 miles a day, so I won’t run out of charge. I see a future of higher voltage ranges, high voltage to high current devices other than a.c.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. 80 miles was the range of the EV1 with Lead Acid batteries, that GM tried to use because they wanted the project to fail.

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