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Toshiba making SCiB battery business an independent unit; higher energy density batteries with titanium niobium oxide anodes for EVs

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Toshiba Corporation is taking its SCiB rechargeable battery business from Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation (TISS) to make it an independent business unit within Toshiba. By promoting expansion of business opportunities Toshiba aims for sales of ¥400 billion (US$3.6 billion) in 2030.

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Koreas CTT To Manufacture Electric Vehicles in US

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In November 2008, T3 Motion , the provider of a three-wheel electric vehicle to the public safety and private security markets, contracted for 4,000 e-Zone vehicles from CT&T for sale to police departments in the US for use in applications such as parking enforcement. The c-Zone is based on a golf cart chassis and uses a 48V, 3.5

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London Calling: Congestion Charge Recharges Electric Cars

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nk City in 2008. Daimler is set to be the first on the street with 100 test vehicle SMARTs in 2008. Mitsubishi could be the first with cars for sale if the UK distributor has its way. Corporate and public-sector fleets will get to lease 100 test cars for a pilot period of four years. Norway's Th!nk

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iMiEV Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle

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The i-MiEV is based on Mitsubishis i line of micro-cars which are quite popular in Japan. The car is powered by a 330V 16KWh Li Ion battery pack from GS Yuasa Corporation which drives a 47KW Permanent magnet synchronous motor that produces 133 foot pounds of torque. The cars are also being fleet tested in Japan.

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A Brief Look at Today's Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry - Yahoo! Finance

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Batteries not ready.

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

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Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008. "Importing batteries from Japan was very expensive," Wang says. "If we put our staff in Japan or the U.S., He was paid about $265,000 in 2008, and he lives in a BYD-owned apartment complex with other engineers.

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