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Our visit to BGauss factory & B8 Electric Scooter Report

Plug In India

My constant crib about a lower floorboard leading to a better riding posture extends to the BGauss B8 too. The only difference is that this vehicle is being sold with lead acid battery options too. The NMC battery fits in at an angle, which happily leads to good underseat storage space. The switches look good.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Lithium, nickel metal hydrides and even advanced lead acid products are now capable of great energy storage and have strong recycle lives. This opinion piece is from an independent writer and is not connected with Greentech Media News. Battery technologies are advancing rapidly.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. The fact that no journalists do their research to bring up all those connections is sad, sad. 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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