GM taps LG for Volt Battery
Revenge of the Electric Car
OCTOBER 23, 2008
The Volt, which GM prefers to call an extended-range electric vehicle, doesn’t use its internal combustion engine for propulsion, relying entirely on an electric drive system.
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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. Extended-range electric vehicles — such as the Chevy Volt, which GM says will recharge in three hours — offer another route, adding a small gas engine to keep drivers from feeling stranded without access to fuel.
Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps.
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