Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2013

The LCFS program calls for a 10% reduction in the carbon intensity of fuel sold in California over the next decade. Several groups have studied potential future compliance scenarios under the LCFS including Boston Consulting Group (2012) and ICF International (2013). —Lade and Lin.

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Davis Alternative Fuels Boston Consulting Group Price 261

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

Although lithium-ion cell and pack costs are expected to fall sharply by 2020, they are unlikely to drop enough to support widespread adoption of fully electric vehicles without a major breakthrough in battery technology, according to a new study by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

The two half reactions for a Lithium Manganese Oxide (LMO) cell (with forward being discharge): Anode (hard carbon): Anode (Hard Carbon): Li x C 6 ? As Prabahakar Patel of CPI pointed out last year “ Lithium-ion battery costs have already come down by a factor of 15 over the past 18 years ”. x Li + + xe - + 6C.

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Li-ion Manufacturer Lithium Ion Boston Consulting Group 218

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. The group pointed to a B.C.G. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s — Sean 13.

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