Green Cars News

APRIL 28, 2009

Research is under way for a possible hybrid battery/ultracapacitor system that would be used in small electric vehicles. Representatives from Aalborg University in Denmark and the Illinois Institute of Technology presented a paper on the work at the SAE 2009 World Congress.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. I cant stand all these "GM killed the electric car" crap. you see that?

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