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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

Introduced in 2007, Epoch is the cell control logic enabling integration of electronics, firmware and software. They are usually delivery vehicles working within a neighborhood, and are on the road for 6-8 hour a day and are recharged overnight. Epoch technology is Valence’s energy management platform. The Edison is a 3.5

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

In the meantime, EV buyers’ sticker shock could be alleviated by the knowledge that fuel and maintenance costs are far lower for EVs and that total ownership costs are about the same. estimates that by 2030 the deployment of EVs could cut global receipts from fossil-fuel taxes by around US $55 billion. passenger vehicles.