Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2013

In a project co-funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by Ecotality North America, the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) has demonstrated the durability of lead-carbon batteries in the high-rate, partial state-of-charge operation of a hybrid electric vehicle. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Lead Acid Civic Hybrid Fleet Miles 223

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 14, 2007

He is standing in front of an all-electric Honda Insight which contains his prototype Tri-Zilla AC controller. This time, White Zombie is running with A123 Lithium-Ion Batteries instead of lead-acid. An older drag-racing cycle called FrankenDragon based on lead-acid technology.

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Lead Acid Honda Insight DC Portland 100

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JUNE 23, 2007

Gary has a Honda Insight and Toyota Prius and an electric Chevy S10. His current project is to upgrade the batteries in his all-electric Insight to lithium-ion cells. The whole pack should weigh around 200 pounds, which is far less than the 1200 pounds of lead-acid cells I'll have in the 914.

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Lithium Ion Honda Insight Lead Acid Insight 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries.

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Electric Cars Charging G-Wiz Cars 30