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Enterprise Rent-A-Car brings EVs to 11th SoCal location; introduces EV owners discount program

Green Car Congress

Our industry’s future depends on keeping passenger vehicles—and the fuels required to power them—economically viable and socially acceptable. —Lee Broughton, head of corporate sustainability for Enterprise Holdings. We want to help people experience and understand EV technology.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

Cars That Think

In the winter of 1973, corporate managers summoned Whittingham to the company’s New York City offices to appear before a subcommittee of the Exxon board. The new chemistry boosted the battery’s voltage by another two-thirds, to 4 volts. In contrast, Whittingham’s new chemistry produced an astonishing 2.4 But he found no takers.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win! Amberjac Systems www.amberjacprojects.com United Kingdom-based company has provided conversions in Europe. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0"

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