Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

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. Electric vehicle batteries will be subject to far more heat, cold, moisture, vibration and rough treatment than are the batteries in consumer electronics. that got the nod.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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. How quickly can we really expect the early generations of electric vehicles to recharge — and what does it mean for the practicality of EVs?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GM says it is already looking ahead to the next generation of Volt-based vehicles — it unveiled the Cadillac Converj concept in January — and says costs will come down as the technology spreads to more models. GM is developing more fuel-efficient vehicles. One wonders if the recent headway at MIT in building lithium ion cells using ?virus?

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