Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2010
Distribution of battery requirements for consumer-selected PHEV designs (shaded circles) compared to USABC, MIT and EPRI performance requirements. The USABC specifies two PHEV designs to guide its battery requirements: an AE-10 crossover and AE-40 mid-sized car. Units USABC MIT EPRI. Source: Axsen et al. Click to enlarge.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The biggest barrier is the battery." GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." Were encouraged by the improvements in the technology represented by hybrid batteries today," Savagian says. When asked, are batteries ready yet, he said flat-out "no."
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
that car was missing precisely what the Volt (and any other would-be electric car under consideration today) is missing -- an appropriate battery technology that provides decent power within a decent weight and space constraint at anything approaching a decent price. Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break. Way to go morons.
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