Clean Fleet Report

JULY 9, 2022

Here are some highlights of the findings compared to gasoline-powered vehicles: Electric car drivers who live in parts of the country with more affordable charging options (such as Rhode Island and Washington) can save as much as $14,000 in lifetime fuel costs or as little as $6,000. Nickel-Metal Hydride.

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Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 1, 2022

2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. But things changed for Cox when GM came out with a new version of the EV1 with a non-toxic nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery with more than twice the energy of the original lead acid battery. Impacting the EV scene for 3 decades. So we tried to make it more essential.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

The controversy centres on its use of a nickel metal hydride battery. According to them, the nickel on the Toyota Prius battery is mined in Sudbury, Ontario and then it is smelted nearby where there are reports of damage to the environment.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 11, 2008

Lithium-ion batteries , now common in laptops, produce more power and are smaller than nickel-metal hydride batteries used in hybrids now. On June 11 and 12, the Brookings Institution and Google.org will host a conference entitled “ Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington ?” If so, how?

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

EVJerry is part of the Team EVfort from EVADC – the Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington, DC to do a Tour of America with this PHEV. Now it’s time for the return trip to the National Mall in Washington D.C. Each charge up should provide 10-12 electric miles.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 16, 2007

Asked why not Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in the Volt, at least to start, he says "NiMH just doesn't do it." And nickel mining is such dirty business we ought move right to benign lithium. Must the battery really be lithium to get this radically different automobile off the drawing board and into the showroom?

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

over the next eight months: [link] This cross-country journey began at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. By not employing the gasoline engine to recharge the lead-acid pack, the “electric-only” range of the Nickel-Metal Hydride battery pack is extended from one mile to about 10 miles.

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