Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. I really don’t think the industry understands just how popular these cars are going to be. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem.

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Volt GM Battery Batteries 100

Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.)

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GM Ford Power Powered 87

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

“A 480V outlet is a little unusual,&# used mostly for higher-power industrial applications, Omotoso said. For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. While some airports have 440V fast-charging stations, he said, a typical U.S outlet is 120V.

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Electric Cars Charging Cars 2009 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts. Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps. Like shopping malls for example, or very nearly any manufacturer or industrial consumer.

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Charging Battery Batteries 2009 38