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Stuff We Use: Under Pressure (Washers)

The Truth About Cars

battery-powered household tools have come a long way from the Bad Old Days – and are even light years ahead in terms of performance than those on sale just a few years ago. By itself, the battery in my pressure washer can juice items through a couple of USB ports located on its anterior side.

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UK auto industry warns anti-diesel agenda and slow uptake of EVs could mean missing 2021 CO2 targets; rising CO2 average in 2017

Green Car Congress

The increase in the fleet average new car CO 2 figure follows 19 years of reductions resulting from investment in new, advanced engine, fuel and battery technology, as well as the use of lightweight materials such as aluminium and composites. These ongoing improvements mean average CO 2 is still a third (-33.1%) lower than in 2000.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

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. light-duty vehicle fleet would produce around 16 times the output of stationary power plants.

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Honda to add new dedicated hybrid model with i-MMD in US in 2018; hybrid system to expand to light trucks

Green Car Congress

Honda set a global target for two-thirds of all sales to come from electrified models by 2030 and to halve its total company CO 2 emissions from 2000 levels by 2050. Honda also announced it will expand the use of its two-motor hybrid powertrain from passenger cars to its light truck lineup in the future.

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The difference between lithium iron phosphate and lithium battery

Setec Powerr

Lithium-ion battery cathode materials mainly include lithium cobaltate, manganate, nickelate, ternary materials, lithium iron phosphate, etc. Lithium cobaltate is currently the majority of lithium-ion battery cathode material. Lithium iron phosphate batteries have a long life and cycle life of more than 2000 times.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A chemist and government researcher, Wang raised some $300,000 from relatives, rented about 2,000 square meters of space, and set out to manufacture rechargeable batteries to compete with imports from Sony and Sanyo. By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. And what will happen when millions of people all start driving these electric cars and the batterys go dead. Instead of investing in our future we dumped money on trying to save the past. Way to go morons.

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