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Old Nissan Leaf becomes affordable road trip after 160-mile battery upgrade

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With demand for electric vehicles surging and used prices getting pushed sky high, some may think that the idea of a sub-20,000 dollar EV with more than 70 miles of range is just a fever dream. This, claims the site, allows the first-gen Leaf to achieve a range of up to 230 miles per charge. The Redditor opted for the 40 kWh upgrade.

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Two Week Commuting Report

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Since I don't work Fridays, this is the end of my second week commuting to work fifteen miles each way. The DC-DC converter is still working fine, so the car is actually quite convenient to drive. Two things have definitely made the car more fun to drive. I've learned some of the tricks to driving the car.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

Green Car Congress

Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) SuperTruck program has achieved 115% freight efficiency improvement (gallons of fuel consumed per ton of goods moved per mile traveled)—surpassing the Department of Energy (DOE) program’s goal of 50% improvement and exhibiting the best results of all reporting OEMs. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Siemens installing Sitras supercap-based stationary energy storage unit for TriMet light right substation

Green Car Congress

Siemens is currently installing the first Sitras SES (stationary energy storage) Energy Storage Unit with supercapacitor technology in the US on the new TriMet Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Transit Line. mile line extension project that will connect the southeast corridor to downtown Portland, and other regions that TriMet MAX serves.

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

Creative Greenius

Frank has got himself a battery fixation but he doesn’t seem to know that some folks have over 160,000 miles on the battery powered RAV-4 EVs that are still going strong after many years on the road. The Focus is supposed to get 100 miles to a charge, but Frank is very worried about where people are going to plug in their cars.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., They cost drivers on average only 2.5

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Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

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With a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, 47 kW (63 horsepower) electric motor and single-speed reduction gear transmission, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV has an approximate range of 160 kilometers (99 miles) in the Japanese 10-15 mode urban driving pattern and a top speed of approximately 130 km/h (81 mph). On-board vehicle charger & DC/DC converter.

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