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Packaging second-life EV batteries into a plug-and-play energy storage system

Charged EVs

Q&A with Smartville CEO and co-founder Antoni Tong What do EV batteries have in common with athletes and politicians? Once they age out (or get voted out) of their positions, they have the opportunity to have a lucrative (and in the case of batteries, useful) second career. Charged : Let’s start at step one.

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Electric Car Watch #6: FORD's weak 2030 EV plan

Plug In India

This is our biggest opportunity for growth and value creation since Henry Ford started to scale the Model T, and we’re grabbing it with both hands." This investment will be in batteries, vehicle architectures, software and key technologies. Ford also showcased a dedicated RWD/FWD battery electric vehicle platform.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

Those who make the decisions to forgo battery EVs in favor of plug- in hybrids only ignore a sizable market. Once several thousand people get the opportunity to buy the likes of Nissan’s well made EV, the demand from the early adopters’ friends and family will expand exponentially. . Batteries are expensive.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). — Ken Smith 4.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re.

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CEO’s Take On 2024: Tech-driven auto industry targets to be smarter, greener, says Prashanth Doreswamy – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Government will have a huge role to play here.Globally, governments and auto manufacturers are investing heavily in EV charging infrastructure, and hopefully this will be the same in India. India specifically is experiencing a steady economic growth which in turn has improved the buying capacity of the people.