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Being a Pro Eco Recycler

DIY Electric Car

If you don't ask you will not receive legally, I have received free things like: -73 used power packs (retail $200 ea. 20 Deka Ungly 45 ah deep cycle batteries (retail $3000). Remember most companies have to pay to get rid of some surplus. total $14,600). -1 1 3000 watt 12 volt inverter with 1 blown internal fuse. -1

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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow

Green Car Congress

Advanced lead-based batteries (AGM and EFB technologies) are installed to meet extra requirements in start-stop and basic- micro-hybrid vehicles, due to their increased charge recoverability and higher deep-cycle resistance. The maximal charge voltage (of the legal limit of 60V) is still being defined by OEMs.

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Pike forecasts NEV market to remain small, although with double the growth rate of light-duty vehicles to 2017

Green Car Congress

The total number of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs)—low-speed street-legal electric vehicles—on the world’s roadways will grow from 479,000 in 2011 to 695,000 by 2017, a 45% increase, according to a new forecast by Pike Research. Annual worldwide NEV sales by region, 2011–2017. Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Overnight or deep-cycle discharge damages batteries, and high C rates degrade batteries because of the temperature created. times more life expectancy for a battery versus a deep-cycle charging approach. And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits.