Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2009

A collaboration led by the UK’s Cranfield University has developed a retrofit plug-in hybrid conversion system for a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle. Project lead, control and vehicle integration; European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium. Source: Cranfield. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Plug-in Plug Lead Acid Hybrid 150

Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2013

Controlled Power Technology’s (CPT) Volkswagen Passat hybrid will make an appearance at the International Vienna Motor Symposium this week, to demonstrate the firm’s unique micro-mild hybrid system. Electric cars hybrid Volkswagen'

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Hybrid Lead Acid Low Cost Volt 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

There will be no torque deficit or other tradeoffs from essential engine downsizing and higher gearing, which now dominates the development of internal combustion engines. If anything their low speed performance will be even better, while still delivering very significant fuel economy benefits and CO2 reduction.

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Volt Hybrid Downsizing Lead Acid 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

Together, our inventions achieve what lithium-ion has yet to do—meet the ultra-low cost targets of the grid and transportation industries. By 2020 our battery costs will be less than $100 a kilowatt-hour (kWh). A thicker electrode generally has a higher internal resistance and therefore a lower rate capability.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion 2020 Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

They suggest that a low cost, non-flammable and heavy-metal-free aqueous cathode can contribute to the feasibility of scale-up of lithium-iodine batteries for practical energy storage. kWh kg -1 cell (1.0 500 km) [311 miles]. kWh kg -1 cell (1.0 500 km) [311 miles]. The specific energy density (~0.33

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Li-ion Ni-Li Energy Batteries 255

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The successful market implementation of these materials in vehicles requires that they be low cost and available in sufficient abundance to make a compelling business case. For this reason the focus of this AOI includes the development of low-cost approaches to the manufacturing of both magnesium and carbon fiber.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) last month showcased three hybrid electric concept vehicles resulting from its R&D program that demonstrate the real-world potential of lead-carbon batteries in 48V architectures. —ALABC European project coordinator Allan Cooper.

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Carbon Lead Acid Hybrid Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

In April, Axion Power International Inc received an order from Norfolk Southern Corp (NS) for PbC lead-carbon batteries for use in an all-battery-powered switcher locomotive. PbC batteries are multi-celled asymmetrically supercapacitive lead-acid-carbon hybrid batteries. The battery-electric NS-999, “under the long hood”.

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Lead Acid Hybrid Batteries Battery 225

Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2009

Designed to operate as a ‘Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle’ (PHEV), the development team retained the existing conventional front-wheel-drive system of the Combo but added an electric drive, powered via Exide’s low cost advanced lead acid batteries, to the rear wheels.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Lead Acid 36

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

To smooth out the intermittency of renewable energy production, low-cost electrical energy storage (EES) will become necessary. electricity) to hybrid and electrical vehicles, although the cost of implementing EES is of great concern. Lead-carbon battery. The process reverses during charge.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Remember the Balqon container truck I wrote about a while back, the Port of Long Beach truck that can haul 60,000 lbs and that’s starting to replace diesel spewing internal combustion trucks? With 126 lead-acid batteries and two Siemens motor-generators, the Carolyn Dorothy is capable of running at up to 4.5

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Long Beach Los Angeles Lead Acid Electric 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

at least, the recycling infrastructure for the well-established lead-acid batteries is robust. lead-acid batteries have a far better recycling rate than even aluminum bottles — over 90% of lead-acid batteries are recycled. None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries.

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