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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

Furthermore, the case for electric trucks and buses would seem to be an easy one to make. million miles. million miles, so the engineering that goes into making those vehicles be able to perform and last that long has to apply to the battery pack as well. Therefore, electrifying them is critical to reducing emissions.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Yet whenever we troublemakers raised this issue, we were told not to worry – it would resolve itself, they said, either because wind is usually blowing somewhere, or through the development of electricity storage in giant battery farms. This was plain wrong. Gas is the only answer. Frack, baby Frack.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I think electric cars are the furture and this unit has some real world experience. I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. The combined electrical storage efficiency of charger and batteries is 85%. It takes 3x more electricity going the H2 route! Follow us on Twitter!

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Home Business Industry Sectors Engineering MY PROFILE SHOP JOBS PROPERTY CLASSIFIEDS From The Sunday Times April 19, 2009 Slow start for charge of the electric cars Ray Hutton Electric cars need a boost. The electric Mini is unlikely to go into production in its present form. to charge overnight. Mike, Epworth, UK Ok.