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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

Cars That Think

Scaringe—a bespectacled mechanical engineer with a PhD from MIT—a billionaire by the age of 38. An optional 180-kilowatt-hour battery (for $10,000) extends range past 400 miles. There’s a large storage “frunk” up front, as in many no-engine EVs, and another below the cargo bed, both with drain plugs to double as ice chests.

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GM taps LG for Volt Battery

Revenge of the Electric Car

MIT spinoff A123 was a personal favorite, also Germany’s Continental was in the running, but it was LG Chem subsidiary and Detroit based Compact Power, Inc. If they contract with Plug In America to consult, we’d sell a million of them:~). that got the nod. It’s all in how they market them.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Nissan is working on an electric car that it says is on track to have a 100-mile range and 26-minute charge time. 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. Digg Stumble Reddit del.icio.us