Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

But Frank’s worried about how much the batteries cost and how much they weigh, and how much room they take up in the trunk. Frank has got himself a battery fixation but he doesn’t seem to know that some folks have over 160,000 miles on the battery powered RAV-4 EVs that are still going strong after many years on the road.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Price and tax incentives need to be worked out. The California Public Utilities Commission, whose headquarters are in San Francisco, has brought together utilities, automakers and charging station companies in an urgent effort to write the new rules of the road. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines.

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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." San Jose Mercury News ). Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said. If that target is met, the largest U.S.

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