Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show. And the auto industry had just canceled the battery EV.

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles 131

Plug In India

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Tesla, VW, BYD, Ford and others have plans to build giant gigafactories. Multiple auto makers are seeking a secure supply chain for battery materials. Read the C&EN research here Lithium right now is very expensive and Sodium is quite cheap. The aim is to build batteries at a large scale to reduce prices.

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Sodium Li-ion Batteries Battery 59

Charged EVs

JUNE 2, 2023

Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD; whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. Ford, Hyundai, Kia, and GM will all launch vehicles into that segment over the next couple of years. Whatever it is, it won’t be cheap Defining the ID.Buzz as a vehicle is difficult. Now we know VW will join them. 4s sold in Canada.

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North America America Cheap Electric 130

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show. By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US Electric cars will be one answer.

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