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APRIL 27, 2014

Airbus Group plans to further develop the E-Fan technology demonstrator and to produce and market two versions of the aircraft by a subsidiary named VoltAir. will be a training and general aviation aircraft which will also have a combustion engine within the fuselage to provide an extended range or endurance.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Build better products.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2009

DOE acknowledges the importance of leveraging other battery markets to establish a successful business case. This work is intended to enable market introduction of various electric vehicle technologies by lowering the cost of battery packs, batteries, and electric propulsion systems for EDVs through high-volume manufacturing.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Bosch also uses its production know-how in its own plants: at its plant in Eisenach, Germany, Bosch is now launching full-scale production of second-generation 48-volt batteries. Bosch offers a portfolio of solutions ranging from 48-volt mild hybridization to fully electric drives and fuel cells.

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Supplies Batteries Battery Production 186

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. It’s all in how they market them. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem. URL: [link].

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Volt GM Batteries Battery 100

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2011

It will be sold in limited quantities in select US and global markets starting in 2013, including California. GM will announce details on specific markets, range, quantities and pricing announced later. Chevrolet announced it will produce an all-electric version of the Chevrolet Spark mini-car—the Spark EV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

It would then be offered for public use in 2012, said Brian Carolin, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan North America Inc. Chevrolet next year will introduce the Volt, a plug-in hybrid electric car. We dont have the electric infrastructure on the highway to recharge cars."

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Tennessee Nissan Electric Cars Cars 53

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2012

Focus Electric features an advanced charging system that allows the car’s battery to fully recharge in four hours—nearly half the time of Nissan Leaf—using available 240-volt outlets that can be installed in residential garages. By the end of 2012, Focus Electric will be available in 19 markets across the US.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The A3 e-tron BEV pilot program will run in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Denver markets throughout the year and provide actionable feedback and telematics data to Audi engineering teams in the US and Germany. kWh of usable energy at 380 volts and weighs 300 kilograms (661 lb). It stores 26.5 Earlier post.).

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Audi Electric Vehicles Batteries Battery 244

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

With its e-Drive, the 500e offers more than 80 miles of estimated range, with city driving range typically greater than 100 miles. Charge time is less than 4 hour charge time with the Level 2 (240 volt) on-board charging module (OBCM). François is Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Chrysler Group LLC. at the LAAS unveil.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV does not suffer from the “range anxiety” that limits other electrically-powered vehicles. The pure electric vehicles, for reserve, must carry heavy and expensive batteries—which add expense as well as weight—and must have access to high-powered recharging stations [ 1 ]. But the real story is yet to be told.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Better Place, orchestrating its efforts with French carmaker Renault, will essentially rent out switchable batteries to extend range. Lowenthal points to the upcoming rollout of Chevrolet’s Volt and Nissan’s Leaf. The startups are working on a variety of solutions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

For the standard version, Tesla plans to use a battery that can recharge at a typical 220V outlet in about four hours. Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. I asked Mike Omotoso, J.D.

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Electric Cars Charging Cars 2009 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Please feel free to tell us what you believe to be the benefits of some of the various recharging modes mentioned above in the comments section below. Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps. I would prefer to recharge at home, and could do so. It does not reflect well upon you.

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