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EnerDel Partners with Mazda, Itochu, and Others for Smart Grid Integration Project in Japan

Green Car Congress

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel will supply the advanced battery systems at the heart of a new project, based in Tsukuba City, Japan, combining electric vehicles (EVs), stationary grid storage, solar power and a rapid charging infrastructure a in a real-world operating environment. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Ener1 Receives $20M Strategic Equity Investment from ITOCHU

Green Car Congress

has received $20 million in fresh investment capital from ITOCHU Corporation, a long-term strategic partner of and current investor in Ener1. ITOCHU, which began its strategic relationship with Ener1 in 2003, purchased 3.2 Large-format lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, Inc. million shares of common stock from Ener1 at a price of $6.18

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000. “The car was powered by thousands of small lithium batteries,” Pohorsky explained. Tesla licensed the technology.” He’s been way ahead of his time.”

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. The rechargeable battery is made up of 5,088 cells grouped into 48 modules.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. Establishing dealer network.

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