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What is a solid-state battery?

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EV FAQ: All your electric car questions answered READ MORE: Will my battery go flat if I leave my EV parked for too long? Ford engineers at the company’s Battery Benchmarking and Test Laboratory in Allen Park, Michigan. Polymer-based plastic is the other, but it’s nothing like the Tupperware container you store leftovers in.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." Bloomberg ).

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