Green Car Congress
JULY 25, 2011
OBC invented NiMH rechargeable battery technology that is used globally in hybrid-electric vehicles, and in many consumer and commercial rechargeable batteries.
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000. Lobbying EV1 style Pohorsky leased his first EV, a GM EV1 , in 1999. Freund recalled that Plug In America started when GM was engaged in taking back and crushing the EV1s. He’s been way ahead of his time.”
Plugs and Cars
NOVEMBER 28, 2006
GM made a prototype plug-in hybrid EV1 during the 90s. In September, Chairman Lutz said that his worst decision was killing the EV1. Sherry Boschert, San Francisco chapter President and author of the newly published Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America, captured the original press release.
Plug In Partners
NOVEMBER 15, 2006
Plug-in hybrids are gas-electric vehicles that can recharge their batteries with an extension cord and a normal wall outlet. This year, it has also drawn sharp criticism for its decision to kill its EV1 electric car program. This year, it has also drawn sharp criticism for its decision to kill its EV1 electric car program.
Blink Charging
MARCH 3, 2022
It can recharge where the power supply has been restored, and then drive on to another hard-hit region.” “I worked for an electric utility in the ’90s and performed hurricane restoration duties in a GM EV1. With no exhaust fumes and completely silent, a LEAF can be parked inside a building.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: M&N/Alamy Some operators of early direct-current power plants at the turn of the 20th century solved the problem of uneven power output from their generators by employing large banks of rechargeable lead-acid batteries, which served as a kind of buffer to balance the flow of electrons.
Green Cars News
JULY 20, 2009
The idea is that it could theoretically be used for on-the-go recharging, alongside a grid recharge at night. Inductive charging has already been used on a number of earlier electric vehicles including the Nissan Hypermini and GM’s EV1. It is exploring scaling up the concept for use with its electric car.
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