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eRUF Stormster Electric SUV Debuts in Copenhagen

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RUF Automobile GmbH unveiled the Stormster, an electric SUV based on the Porsche Cayenne, for the European Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, (COP 15). The lithium-ion battery pack is supplied by Li-Tec Battery GmbH. The Stormster. Click to enlarge.

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How battery recycling can help EVs to be truly green – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The process of recycling a lithium battery through accurate procedures to extract precious materials is known as lithium-ion battery recycling. This opens up a platform where manufacturers of automobiles and EVs can extract valuable minerals and other materials through an effective battery recycling process.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The discovery came when MIT researchers Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder found out how to get a common lithium compound to release and take up lithium ions in a matter of seconds. The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years.

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Gordon Murray T.27 unveiled; Zytek provides more details on 25 kW EV powertrain

Green Car Congress

At an event held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London Gordon Murray Design unveiled its latest ultra-compact electric city vehicle, the T.27 27, which are key to meeting our climate change goals. The second iteration of drivetrain design also saw the introduction of Zytek’s first Li-ion battery pack.

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Toyota Concerned About Market Viability of Plug-ins, Sees Clear Path to Commercialization of Fuel Cell Technology in 2015

Green Car Congress

Prius best embodies Toyota’s philosophy on advanced vehicle technology—for vehicles to become true solutions to our climate change and environmental challenges, they must be mass market solutions. We believe that hydrogen and fuel cells have a potential to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the automobile. ”.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. Call it Peak ICE—the last hurrah of a technology that governments are ushering off the stage to combat climate change. It fills in electric torque at low engine rpms or during gear changes that take as little as 200 milliseconds.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th!

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