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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

Cars That Think

“Ali Baba knew how men buy lime.”. The beach is dry and shallow at low tide.”. Due to their low cost, thin form factor, and pliability, flexi discs became the medium of choice for magazine publishers who wished to supplement articles with audio content. Few thieves are never sent to the judge.”.

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The EV Battery Wish List

Cars That Think

Extrapolating from company targets, a future compact-size Lucid—think the size of Tesla Model 3 or Model Y—could decisively downsize its battery without sacrificing useful range. That becomes a low-cost way to generate big improvements in pack density and bolster the mileage of a vehicle,” Castillloux says.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

As America downsizes and SUVs go unpurchased, GM’s diehards put inefficient if zero-emission H2/FCV Equinoxes in advertisements and a few dozen driveways to which they remain tethered by unavailable fuel. (By I will pay nothing for my 300 mile road trip.) Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

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NREL Study Finds That A Dynamic Plug-in Vehicle Could Be A Promising Technology Pathway for Cost-Effective Vehicle Electrification

Green Car Congress

Among their general findings are: Increasing battery power in plug-in hybrids (10-, 20- and 40-mile AER, from low to high power) had little effect on fuel consumption results because the battery power can provide most of the driving on the test cycles, so the fuel economy only differs slightly. —Brooker et al.

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ONE’s hybrid battery pack combines the best aspects of two chemistries to deliver 600 miles of EV range

Charged EVs

Steven Kaye: ONE’s anode-free cell advantages include high energy density (thin lithium metal anode), low cost (no anode present during cell assembly, low-cost liquid electrolyte), and abundant raw materials (mostly manganese, zero cobalt). The challenge is that anode-free cells still have low cycle life.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

This does not mean that you will not be able to buy that Cadillac or Corvette you have been admiring. This effectively means that the owner of a new PHEV can buy a new vehicle and most of its fuel for the next 20 years. The convenience and low cost of this concept alone merit attention.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." People wont buy a full car. The big thing is how fast they can bring the battery cost down," he said.

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