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Chemetall Lithium Awarded 5.7M to Set Up Pilot Li-ion Battery Recycling Plant

Green Car Congress

Chemetall is part of a consortium of companies participating in “ LithoRec ”, a research and development project related to the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The award was part of the large $2.4-billion, The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety recently awarded €5.7 million (US$8.4

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Could the Prius be harmful to the environment?

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The controversy centres on its use of a nickel metal hydride battery. The Prius uses a lot of fossil fuels during its hybrid battery development and now critics are calling for Toyota to correct its green statements. Of course, virtually all cars - whether conventional or hybrid - are built with similar processes in place.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It also offers eight hybrid models. Volt like hybrids are the intermediate future between hydrogen or fast charging electric cars. eyeroll* Posted by: Driver | Apr 13, 2009 7:09:12 PM GM apparently feels that theyre going to skip most of the hybrid market and go straight for the electric plug-in. Thats short-sighted.

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