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New EV company to commercialize Rasers extended range electric powertrain; led by investor in Valence and EVI

Green Car Congress

Berg helped found Li-ion battery company Valence and has served on the board of directors since September 1991. In 2009, FEV showcased a range-extended electric vehicle (ReEV) HUMMER H3 done in cooperation with Raser at the World Congress. In the HUMMER H3, the generator is driven by a GM Ecotec 2.0L Earlier post.).

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

Cars That Think

liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack (with 84 pouch-style cells courtesy of SK Innovation ) that’s laser-welded behind two racy sport seats. Yes, behind my helmeted head there’s a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter Those motors are fed electrons by a 7.9-kilowatt-hour

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus? The federal government cant hand out money to a company thats telling them that itll lose money on a $40, 000 automobile that more than half the populace couldnt afford if the economy was in good shape! Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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