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The Battery Revolution Is Just Getting Started

Cars That Think

And, most crushingly, the unit weighed more than 7 kilograms (16 pounds)—much of that weight from a lead-acid battery. Thirty-two years later, our laptops are powered by much, much lighter lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries. We're living in battery-powered times. The thing cost US $7,300.

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Reva: A little company with big ambitions. The Green Piece

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Despite being a pioneer in the electric car field, the firm saw its image tarnished particularly by safety concerns when a test by Top Gear Magazine, following Euro NCAP specifications, found that occupants could suffer “serious or life threatening” injuries in a 40mph crash. Leaders of the pack.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. when bio-batteries are invented (through DNA splicing) you can just swamp them into the EV1 plug and play style) cant do that crap with the Volt. when they were forced to put NIHM batteries in the range was 150 miles.

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