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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

Green Car Congress

In this context, we … compare the driving range of electric vehicles from a full recharge and note that the driving miles per recharge time (min) for commercially viable battery technology is ~0.1–0.4 plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). The driving miles per recharge time (min) for commercially viable battery technology is ~0.1–0.4

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Sprout at Plug-in 2010

Green Car Congress

The J1772-compliant Blink Level 2 charging stations will be available in two models: one, an in-home residential wall-mount unit and the second, a commercial stand-alone charger. Roush Manufacturing will manufacture the Blink home and commercial electric vehicle chargers. Liberty PlugIns. Evatran Plugless Power. Leviton Mfg.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

So now finally we have the technology to deliver everything to customers and with things like plugins you don’t have the range anxiety so that does kind of relieve most of the tradeoffs, certainly. Recent public policies in the United States and other countries have improved the prospects for initial commercialization of PEVs.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in

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