Cost Of Maintenance NiMH Renewable 
Green Car Congress
JUNE 12, 2010
NREL started a 12-month in-use technology evaluation comparing in-use fuel economy and maintenance costs of gHEVs and comparative diesel parcel delivery trucks in April 2009. NREL collected and analyzed data for in-use fuel economy and fuel costs, maintenance costs, total operating costs, and vehicle uptime.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
By measuring each cell’s voltage individually and selected temperature monitoring within the pack “ the monitoring system is smart enough so that it knows when a cell or a group of cells is starting to fall out of the band and it can provide enough warning to have maintenance done on the battery rather than having it fail. ”. Earlier post.).
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. California Air Resources Board studies show that battery electric vehicles emit at least 67% lower greenhouse gases than gasoline cars -- even more assuming renewables.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Even so, most next gen EV manufacturers are focused on lithium ion (and to a lesser extent NiMH) as the core technology to power their cars. More often than not, the “recycling&# of NiMH or lithium-ion batteries involves shipping them off to places like China, where their fate is truly unknown. — Jeff U 6.
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