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J.D. Power: Consumer sentiment on future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers plans

Green Car Congress

Consumer confidence in future mobility technologies lags far behind automakers’ plans to bring self-driving and battery-electric vehicles to the marketplace, according to the J.D. For battery-electric vehicles, the index remains at 55 in the US for the fourth consecutive quarter, while decreasing to 57 from 59 in Canada.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries.

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Patent awarded for electric vehicle energy data management

Green Cars News

The United States Patent and Trademark Office for technology has awarded AeroVironment a patent that facilitates the optimal charging, management, maintenance and control of battery packs, chargers and electric vehicles. Tags: Green cars Latest news AeroVironment battery packs chargers Electric cars GM EV-1 GM Impact.

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AeroVironment Awarded Patent for Electric Vehicle Energy Data Management and Control; Web-based System Solution for EV Battery Optimization

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7,444,192 ) by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for technology that facilitates the optimal charging, management, control and maintenance of battery packs, chargers and electric vehicles (EVs). Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Vehicle Systems. (AV) has been granted a patent (no.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

FordFestiva : Brian has a new project going GM/SaturnEV-1 : EV1 owner GM/SaturnEV-1 : Dave and Jeans Chronicles. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. DC PowerSystems : Mega-controller and battery regulators. FordExpress : Svein Medhus has the first EV conversion in Norway. Ford Fiesta :Interesting English conversion.

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BMW MINI E Powered by AC Propulsion?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The biggest obstacle for those who would prefer an alternative has been lack of purchasable plug-in electric vehicles since 2003 when auto manufacturers ceased production of plug-in EVs like the GM EV1, Honda EV Plus, and Toyota RAV4-EV. The battery pack is comprised of 5,088 lithium-ion cells for a cummulative 35kWhrs of energy storage.

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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

It’s easy to spec out a battery pack with enough kWh for a given size of truck to hit 60-80-100 miles, whatever the given fleet buyer needs. Along with Tedd Abramson’s Zero Truck in San Diego and Smith Trucks in London, we now have EVI (I keep wanting to write that as EV1:~). Now EVI believes cash-strapped U.S.

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