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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. Some automakers, notably Nissan and now Ford , already sell bidirectional EVs, and others are experimenting with the technology.

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EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

Plug In India

Tesla, VW, BYD, Ford and others have plans to build giant gigafactories. Read the C&EN research here Lithium right now is very expensive and Sodium is quite cheap. The cycle life is crazy, as you can see here they claim more than a lakh cycles on their cell, while LFP cells have around 2000 cycles. It’s ridiculous.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. One told me he was appalled when he learned that Ford, which lost billions last year, had staged a gala at the Hotel George V during the Paris auto show. He still owns roughly 28% of the shares, worth about $1 billion.

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