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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 10, 2009 11:21 am Link Kaare- Lithium Ion batteries do not contain lead (unless it is in solder connections) and do not contain acid. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries. Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The fact that no journalists do their research to bring up all those connections is sad, sad. You guys go ahead and buy your 40 mile per charge GM golf cart. Why cant they just pull out the EV1 again? Call it the EV2? I guarantee well never see the Volt. Same tricks, different decade. If you have a solution I am all ears.

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