Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density. For applications that require the storage of large quantities of energy economically and efficiently, flow batteries have received renewed attention. Credit: Braff et al. Click to enlarge.

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Recharge Hydrogen Power Powered 291

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2011

Consumers’ expectations around the performance and purchase price of electric vehicles are so divergent from the actual offerings available today, that no more than 2–4% of consumers worldwide would have their expectations met, according to a new survey from Deloitte. Click to enlarge. —Craig Giffi.

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Fuel Economy Buy Gasoline-Electric Global 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2016

The team found that the vast majority of cars on the road consume no more energy in a day than the battery energy capacity in affordable EVs available today. Even as batteries improve, there will continue to be a small number of high-energy days that exceed the range provided by electric vehicles. —Jessika Trancik.

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MIT Personal Energy Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. Gasoline/diesel fueling stations to replenish the liquid fuel for these engines are readily available. This engineering solution allows versatility.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. to charge overnight.

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Electric Cars Charging G-Wiz Cars 30