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Süd-Chemie to Supply Evonik with Lithium Iron Phosphate Materials for Automotive and Industrial Batteries

Green Car Congress

The supply agreement between Süd-Chemie and Evonik lays the foundation for the preferred delivery by Süd-Chemie to Evonik of high-performance lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO 4 , also referred to as LFP), to be used in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

Most of the new vehicles have received special praise for their interiors, which has been a priority for GM since Bob Lutz assumed product design responsibilities in 2001. These 4 th Generation vehicles are modified Chevy Equinoxes and have been on the street since the fall of 2007 as part of Project Driveway. Earlier post.).

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know?

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Nissan Exploring Inductive Charging Capable of Power Transfer Over Longer Distances for its Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

GM and Toyota had cooperated on the development of a small paddle inductive charger (MagneCharge), and had separately begun production when in 2001, the California Air Resources Board decided to support a single, conductive standard for EV chargers in California. 2007) Wireless Power Transfer via Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonances.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

Nobody was recharging any cell phones or laptops during the 1976 bicentennial year. (I I learned all bout this in Joe Romm’s great book, “Hell and High Water&# (c) 2007). That’s a phenomenal accomplishment considering how much our electronic footprint grew in that time period.

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