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Toshiba making SCiB battery business an independent unit; higher energy density batteries with titanium niobium oxide anodes for EVs

Green Car Congress

Toshiba Corporation is taking its SCiB rechargeable battery business from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) to make it an independent business unit within Toshiba. SCiB rechargeable cells are categorized into two types: high power and high energy. billion) in 2030.

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London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

Plugs and Cars

India's Reva was first into the market with the G-Wiz. Mitsubishi could be the first with cars for sale if the UK distributor has its way. Thanks in large part to Mayor "Red Ken" Livingstone, who enacted London's much criticized congestion charge policy in 2003. And now major automakers appear almost ready to get in on the action.

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Jeep reveals Recon, Wagoneer S and Avenger EVs; on-sale from 2023

EV Central

Positioned under the Renegade, which is no longer sold in Australia, the Avenger was slated for sale in South Korea and Japan as well as Europe. In due course, we plan to bring electrified vehicles to our markets in the India & Asia-Pacific region at the appropriate timing. But not before 2025 we’d suggest.

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

Volvo reveals C40 Recharge “SUV coupe” – Volvo revealed its new C40 Recharge “SUV coupe” which according to the company “has all the benefits of an SUV but with a lower and sleeker design.” Fisker said the new model will target global markets, including North America, Europe, China, and India.

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Who is winning the green car race? Part II. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

It has a 50mile all-electric range and features the Q-Drive technology, a series hybrid system that mates the engine with a generator to provide an electrical connection and recharge the batteries (see article ). Here are some other important names that may yet have an impact in the green car race…. Faye Sunderland.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

As a comparison , in 2011, there were only two battery electric and 29 hybrid electric vehicle models offered for sale in the US. These numbers above exclude all the existing hybrid electric and other alternative fuel models available or in the works, which number at least another 265 models.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania.

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