Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

It also has 126 soft gel lead acid batteries for power storage that are separated into two arrays with 63 batteries each. Built by Seattle-based Foss Maritime, it began working the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in January 2009. Each array stores 170.1 kWh of energy when fully charged.

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Pollution Emissions Hybrid Los Angeles 247

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

The Nautilus E30 uses a 336V traction battery pack comprising flooded, deep cycle lead acid batteries with a square tubular positive plate design for maximum exposure to the electrolyte. The E30 uses a 100 hp (75 kW) continuous rated 230 volt AC vector duty electric motor connected to a flux vector variable frequency controller.

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Los Angeles Production Deep Cycle Electric 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

University of California Los Angeles. Long-Life, Acid-Based Battery. The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) will develop a new acid-based, high-power, long-life battery that addresses the cycle life issues plaguing lead-acid batteries today.

Lithium Ion 360

Lithium Ion Range Zinc Air San Diego 360

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2012

In 2009, Balqon delivered 14 Nautilus XE20 electric yard tractors equipped with lead acid batteries to POLA under an agreement between Balqon and the City of Los Angeles. —Balwinder Samra, CEO of Balqon Corporation.

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Los Angeles Li-ion Lead Acid Lithium Ion 230

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: M&N/Alamy Some operators of early direct-current power plants at the turn of the 20th century solved the problem of uneven power output from their generators by employing large banks of rechargeable lead-acid batteries, which served as a kind of buffer to balance the flow of electrons.

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles 127

Plugs and Cars

JULY 1, 2009

In June about 500 cars were placed in consumer and fleet hands in Los Angeles and New York and New Jersey for what BMW calls a " field trial." Jeff U’Ren drove a Panasonic Lead Acid EV-1 for a few years. The BMW Mini E has hit the streets. Barely one year ago, word surfaced that an electric Mini was in the works.

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Mini E BMW Tax Credit Tax 100

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The 2014 Mazda6 sedan made its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show. If the electricity available exceeds what the car is actually using, the excess electricity is used to charge the lead-acid battery. System components of i-ELOOP, which makes its first production appearance on the Mazda6. Click to enlarge.

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North America Mazda Diesel America 236

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2009

Balqon Corporation, an emerging developer and manufacturer of heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications, is now offering lithium-ion batteries as an extended range alternative to lead-acid traction batteries for its entire product line of Class 8 yard tractors and drayage vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Lithium Ion Lead Acid Los Angeles Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Balqon Corporation, an emerging developer and manufacturer of zero emissions heavy-duty electric vehicles for Class 7 and Class 8 applications ( earlier post ), introduced a lithium-ion battery powered heavy-duty electric truck designed for use in on-highway short-haul applications at the Governors’ Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles, California.

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Lithium Ion Li-ion Los Angeles Lead Acid 231

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Since battery weight in a boat isn’t much of an issue, they can use low cost lead acid batteries, yet still get all the power and energy they need. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach together constitute the largest port facility in the U.S. Together, the two ports contributed about $1.5

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Long Beach Los Angeles Lead Acid Electric 100

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

That means you can drive around town as an electric car, and then jump on the freeway and head to Los Angeles, without having to recharge the battery. Guzyk installs twenty lead-acid batteries packaged together in a suitcase-like steel box that he locates in the trunk just above the spare tire. The conversion is simple.

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Prius Plug-in Plug Gasoline-Electric 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

at least, the recycling infrastructure for the well-established lead-acid batteries is robust. lead-acid batteries have a far better recycling rate than even aluminum bottles — over 90% of lead-acid batteries are recycled. None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Think of driving any vehicle in the hot Los Angeles summer time. 80 miles was the range of the EV1 with Lead Acid batteries, that GM tried to use because they wanted the project to fail. it was the first batch of EV1s that they tried to use lead acid batteries and developed problems. check your facts.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41