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NSF to award up to $13M for fundamental work on sustainable production of electricity and transportation fuels

Green Car Congress

Work on commercially available systems such as lead-acid and nickel-metal hydride will not be considered by this program. Batteries Biomass Financing Fuels Power Generation' Advanced systems such as lithium-air, sodium-ion, as well as lithium-ion with new cathode chemistries are appropriate.

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Toyota introduces second-generation Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle as design and technology flagship

Green Car Congress

and has higher capacity than the nickel metal-hydride battery used in the first-gen model (310.8v Special launch incentives will be available when this next-generation Mirai first goes on sale, including special finance rates, retail cash back and launch cash back. Ah, compared to 244.8v Ah in the earlier car).

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar. SOLAR FINANCING – WHO GETS IT AND WHO DOESN’T. The loans are financed through the sale of assessment district bonds. It’s a slam dunk.

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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. by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read. Battery technologies are advancing rapidly.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Peter Roach, Birmingham, UK Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries powered the late GM EV1 and still power hundreds of Toyota RAV4 EVs, some over 100,000 miles. Why does everybody state Tesla as US, When this is UK engineering from Norfolk in Great Britian? Is it becuase US market prefers a "home" product?