Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2010
The project uses a 24-kilowatt-hour fixed storage EnerDel battery pack, originally designed for the THINK City electric vehicle. Separately, the Nikkei had reported that JFE Engineering Corp. It also allows drivers to recharge the car without drawing power from the grid, an advantage at peak load times.
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
Some of the most talked-about electric vehicles are slated to debut later this year and can travel at least 100 miles on a single charge (even if some of them run on an auxiliary gasoline engine when the battery runs low). A: Think Global’s Think City. Match the auto maker with its electric car: A. Tesla Motors.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2010
EnerDel is scheduled to ship its first cells and packs for the Think City EV on 1 March 2010. The lithium-ion version of the THINK vehicle will have 384 cells in its 25 kWh battery pack and a range of more than 100 miles. The coating equipment is one of the plant’s major capital items. Each pack weighs approximately 150 kg.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts.
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