Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

The conversion features Corvus’ AT6500 48 volt lithium polymer battery packs. Corvus’ lithium polymer batteries last up to 10 times longer and have up to 10 times more power and energy storage than lead acid batteries. This diesel-to-hybrid retrofit represents Europe’s first low emissions hybrid tugboat. Earlier post.)

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Polymer Mariner Hybrid Lead Acid 218

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. But a large-scale system of electric cars and smart grids is unlikely to be ready soon.

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. ENERGY STORAGE. Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Earlier post.)

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Energy Grant Low Cost Li-ion 231

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.

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Charging Batteries Battery 2009 38