Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2009
This work is intended to enable market introduction of various electric vehicle technologies by lowering the cost of battery packs, batteries, and electric propulsion systems for EDVs through high-volume manufacturing. The award recipient cost share is required to be 50% or higher of the total allowable costs of the project.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM it would bring down the neighborhood. Fourth, a vehicle pack battery pack has non-cell costs such as a monitoring system.
Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2015
The Route extended range electric powertrains incorporate a range-extending genset designed to recharge the high-power battery pack (currently from A123 Systems) and Wrightspeed’s own geared traction drive (GTD) ( earlier post ). A further disadvantage for turbines in automotive applications has been cost.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. The designs can be greatly improved to be more cost-effective.
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
It costs about $30,000. GM calls the Volt an extended-range electric vehicle, or EREV. It is powered by a battery pack that when fully charged has a range of up to 40 miles; it also has a small gas engine that turns a generator that charges the battery once it is depleted.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 22, 2009
The head of Chryslers ENVI division, Lou Rhodes, told AutoblogGreen this morning that Chrysler is marketing this battery-only version of the van to commercial fleet customers who typically have shorter range requirements. The extended-range version will be focused on retail customers. Looks sharp. Follow us on Twitter!
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
There are likely many benefits to home charging that ought to make this the most popular option and here well cover the three "c"s: convenience, cost, and carbon-control. It eliminates waiting in lines or out of order machinery and gives you the benefit of your vehicles full range right from your doorstep.
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