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What’s up with the BMW MINI E?

Plugs and Cars

The car is essentially a high-end conversion. As with many conversions, space is sacrificed for the battery box. Pioneers’ inquiries about the applicability of the federal $7500 tax credit continue to be stonewalled. Jeff U’Ren drove a Panasonic Lead Acid EV-1 for a few years. Only BMW knows and they’re not saying.

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PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

Green Car Congress

To be successful, systems will need to evolve—in some cases, considerably—to compete financially with the cost of natural gas production. electricity) to hybrid and electrical vehicles, although the cost of implementing EES is of great concern. Lead-carbon battery. In their study, Yang et al. —Yang et al.

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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

The more the merrier, the market for these is going to explode soon with Obama’s stimulation plan, and its tax of $7,500 to $15,000 for electric trucks. Note: modified 3/6/09 to add approximate cost of battery lease.). Costs would depend on the number of batteries needed to meet a customer’s needs, the spokesman said.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. In the U.S.

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