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General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

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General Motors has increased its electric vehicle investment by 75%, from $20 billion to $35 billion through 2025, the company announced on Wednesday. kWh lead-acid battery in its earliest versions. ” The post General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025 appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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This approximately 137,000 square foot facility is currently vacant and was previously used for the recycling of lead-acid batteries, and as such is already designed and permitted for similar operations.

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General Motors India And REVA Form Partnership To Develop Electric Vehicles for Indian Market

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The new REVA NXG introduced at IAA, due for production in 2011, features a Li-ion phosphate pack. General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market. Click to enlarge.

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New A123 Systems LLC emerges

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Included in the acquisition, which has received approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), are A123’s automotive, grid and commercial business assets, including technology, products, customer contracts and U.S. Lead-Acid Replacement. A123’s joint venture with Shanghai Automotive.

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The influencer

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Early EV1 adopter While at graduate school in electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithica, New York, Cox heard about the GM Impact , an electric vehicle (EV) program that General Motors had with Hughes Aircraft, a firm it had recently purchased. “I I kept asking GM people when the car was going into production.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The pair made major contributions to the propulsion system for the Impact , a battery-powered concept car that AeroVironment built under contract for General Motors.

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Reva: A little company with big ambitions. The Green Piece

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According to Chetan Maini, the man behind the company, the factory represents the first mass production of a green car. Also unveiled at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show was the REVA NXG, which is scheduled for production in 2011. The car will go on sale for around €10,000 and can be charged in just 90minutes.

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