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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Crane also mentioned that one-quarter to one-third of the cost of a battery system is the packaging, integration and electronics. How did the high fuel prices impact customer behavior in 2008? The systems are designed to maintain mobility for the elderly and those with weakened leg muscles. Storage Temperature. State of Charge.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. Why not ake it all the way and spend 1 year of Iraq on retrofitting every home in America with nano solar.

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