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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The three-point, 400-volt plug, which will allow electric cars to be recharged anywhere in a matter of minutes , will be unveiled Monday at the world’s biggest industrial technology fair in Hanover, northern Germany. Sign Up for the Green Options Newsletter Follow us on Twitter Subscribe via email Resources Write for Gas 2.0

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

ultra You might also like: Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More The Chinese BYD F3DM, First Mass Produced Electric Car, Fails with Consumers GM Ditches Volt for Geo Metro Hybrid? Sign Up for the Green Options Newsletter Follow us on Twitter Subscribe via email Resources Write for Gas 2.0

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Lotus Engineering and Harmon International, two heavyweights in their respective industries, have teamed up to create a new technology known as Electronic Sound Synthesis (ESS). Basically, the external ESS is a system that produces artificial vehicle noise. Read reviews, get free pricing, and much more.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The automotive industry is still trying to make electric cars as expensive and inefficient as they possibly can, and its a tough deal because the electronics industry is going the other way. It is probably possible to make a 20k electric smart that outperforms most other cars on the road in everything except range and top speed.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts. Like shopping malls for example, or very nearly any manufacturer or industrial consumer. govt/industry defined standards my be required.?? The main benefit associated with the swapping model is speed.