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UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

Green Car Congress

University College London and University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report a new, scalable method for making a material that can reversibly store magnesium ions at high-voltage. The study is published RSC journal Nanoscale. —co-lead author, Dr Ian Johnson (UCL Chemistry). One factor limiting lithium-ion batteries is the anode.

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Londoners gogoing electric

Green Cars News

London’s first non-membership electric car hire company GoGo Electric, which launched earlier this year, says that the bulk of its customers are private motorists living on the outskirts of the city who want to try out electrics as potential ‘early adopters’. For more information visit www.gogo-electric.co.uk.

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Greater Manchester plugs into electric motoring with new charging points

Green Cars News

Electric vehicle owners in Greater Manchester have rejoiced at the prospect of being able to re-juice away from home as the city joined the likes of Newcastle, Bristol and London by introducing a streamlined network of electric vehicle charging points. More than 250 electric vehicle charging point[.].

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The UK’s first 4 seater ‘all electric’ production car

Green Cars News

The Electric Car Corporation Plc (ECC) today announced the launch of the UK’s first 4 seater, ‘all electric’ production car. The C1 ev’ie is way ahead of other electric cars having excellent functionality, performance and refinement and is available to buy today.

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The UK’s first 4 seater ‘all electric’ production car

Green Cars News

The Electric Car Corporation Plc (ECC) today announced the launch of the UK’s first 4 seater, ‘all electric’ production car. The C1 ev’ie is way ahead of other electric cars having excellent functionality, performance and refinement and is available to buy today.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

He is a fellow commuting cyclist - both in London and Bhuj. So you can get max juice out of the battery. Chandrakant now travels 6 months a year, with the spending money that the business gives him. His favourite destination is the South of France, where he sees art in every scene that he stares at. It restricts the power to 1 bar.

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New EV Prototype Leaves Range Anxiety in the Dust

Cars That Think

Not long ago, a 300-mile range seemed like a healthy target for electric cars. Test drivers even ran the air conditioning for eight hours of the two-day, 14 hour-and-30-minute trip to Silverstone, and encountered an Autobahn road closure and snarled traffic around London. But that record may not stand for long.

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