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Purdue scientists test flow battery for EVs, claim 300-mile range

Green Car Reports

According to scientists at Purdue University, the best way to charge electric car batteries may be to take them to a gas station, and have them serviced at an instant oil-change shop.

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

The outreach efforts of the Houston Electric Auto Association (HEAA), founded 34 years ago in the heart of American oil country, have not always been met with a positive response. “We We have a lot of Tesla drivers in Houston because the oil execs see them as a status symbol with cool technology. No Teslas allowed.

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"Spirit" and the First EVer in the World Plug-in Parade in Santa Monica, California - 17 January 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

I continue to read journalists and bloggers asking if there really is a market for EVs now that gas is back to $2/gallon. The 250 people in attendance at the press conference, if asked, would tell these journalists that, "Yes, we all want to drive on renewable electricity instead of foreign oil. Funkymoto™, Electrifying Cars!

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Why The Ford F-150 Lightning Is The Most Important EV Ever

EV Adoption

Wait, you might be thinking to yourself, what about the Tesla Model S which single-handedly changed the image of EVs from glorified golf carts into fast as all heck, 300+-mile range, aspirational computers on wheels? Let’s take a look at four key capabilities that give it a distinct advantage over the regular gas F-150: 1.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The hundreds of thousands of new cars being added every year to roads in China could further damage already shaky air quality if they are oil-based vehicles. Among the most notable: a gas-electric hybrid Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. and Korean golf cart maker CT&T Co. Great Wall Motor Co., Prius hybrid.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I bet a used Stanley Steamer didn’t fetch much in 1925 when gas stations made it to every street corner. They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla. I dont even want to think of what one of those things will look like after it takes on Suburban.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. Air travel will be limited to extremely expensive intercontinental and military flights to conserve oil, and nuclear developments will be for military purposes only for national security. Treehugger More Videos of the Tesla Model S Electric Car In Action Whats This?

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