Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
A 35 kW NiMH battery pack (about 1.8 In addition to individual drivers, Project Driveway vehicles are on loan to celebrities, a range of government and non-government entities, including the US Postal Service which has delivered more than 700,000 pieces of mail in the Equinox. kWh) provides energy storage for regenerative braking.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2009
The report gathers insights from demonstration participants at transit agencies in the United States, Europe, China, Japan and Australia, analyzes lessons learned, identifies key remaining challenges, and suggests potential roles for government in supporting commercialization. The most significant challenge was range.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM CPI’s focus is the North American automotive and commercial vehicle market. GM plans to handle module and pack assembly itself, earlier post.) Earlier post.).
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Fuel cell cars should be plug-in hybrids so that the fuel cell is used only for extended range, and the fuel cell stack and hydrogen storage can be smaller. Lithium-Ion batteries share many characteristics with NiMH. DaimlerChrysler is using them in some of its prototype PHEV Sprinter commercial vans.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.
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