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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If every car accepts 2 or 4 or 6 of these universal packs then true economies of scale can kick in in their manufacture. No single vehicle does it all even in todays petrol world. Reply ↓ ↑ report 19 Billy 9:27AM (4/10/2009) Sure, modular swappable battery packs make excellent sense. that my day to day car cant solve.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia GM is committed to putting the system in the Chevrolet Volt for sale by 2010, Lutz said. They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol.

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