Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Low weight is essential for an electric vehicle because more weight requires more battery power for the same range and thus causes higher costs. We wanted a car that is affordable and fun while driving. miles) for a single battery charge. —Stefan Riederer, BMW Research & Technology. —Prof.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Hub motors are relatively affordable, low-maintenance, mass produced by the millions. A do-it-yourselfer can find entire, 800- to 1,000-watt hub motor kits for around $200, where mid-drive power can cost three to five times as much. "Mid-drive" Motor power is transferred through the chain drive to the rear wheel.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The term “range anxiety” was a common association for early electric vehicle users, who were troubled by the fear of their battery electric vehicles (BEVs, also known as fully-electric vehicles) running out of battery power and the potential of being stranded on the roadside.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor. kWh battery option for the Light Long Range may be more popular; it’s estimated to provide 304 miles of range in rear-wheel-drive form, using a slightly less powerful 148 kW (201 hp) motor. Priced at $56,395, the entry-level EV9 Light has a 76.1-kilowatt-hour

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

In April, Axion Power International Inc received an order from Norfolk Southern Corp (NS) for PbC lead-carbon batteries for use in an all-battery-powered switcher locomotive. All of these things that are new put more and more strain on the battery and create the need for the battery to have excess energy.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor. kWh battery option for the Light Long Range may be more popular; it’s estimated to provide 304 miles of range in rear-wheel-drive form, using a slightly less powerful 148 kW (201 hp) motor. Priced at $56,395, the entry-level EV9 Light has a 76.1-kilowatt-hour

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EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

Backed by BMW, Ford, Hyundai and Volkswagen, the mission of IONITY is to achieve the broadest possible compatibility across EVs so that residents of the EU can drive confidently anywhere on the continent. They have large working classes that need affordable transportation which may well result in Asia having the largest EV market share.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

An important incidental effect is that battery costs have fallen by around half in the past five years. That is making electric mobility affordable for more and more customers. The high-performance battery makes the ideal partner to the fuel cell. The battery operates at a different voltage level than the fuel cell.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car. " BYD can afford to hire lots of them because their salaries are only about $600 to $700 a month; they also get subsidized housing in company-owned apartment complexes and low-cost meals in BYD canteens.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries. The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short.

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