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Santa Monica AltFuel Expo Sets up

Plugs and Cars

I should feel heartened that battery electrics predominated, if you include NEVs and bikes. The production of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles and electric bicycles is picking up. ZENNs and Miles Motors and scaled down pickups and jeeps from companies I'd never heard of. A real car, by any measure.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

“The slimming of the battery essentially comes because of a focus on weight, aerodynamics, rolling resistance, new construction materials and other design factors, he said in an interview. How can you quickly improve the performance of the battery in an electric car? By Michael Kanellos, for Greentech Media. by: Michael Kanellos.

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