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CODA Automotive Battery Joint Venture Secures $394M of Committed Capital for Expansion

Green Car Congress

The capital will enable the company to rapidly industrialize the all-electric CODA car’s power system for commercial volume production and support its ability to mass manufacture transportation and utility power storage battery systems. kWh, 333V lithium iron phosphate pack with an 8-year, 100,000-mile warranty.

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Testing EV power for homes

Electric Auto Association

The following are some highlights: In the future, utilities will set up programs to compensate those who choose to harness their power storage capacity to serve as grid-level storage for the greater good. The average 250-mile range battery packs for EVs today have the capacity to power a household when the power grid fails.

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Lightning Hybrids releases initial emissions testing results for medium-duty hydraulic hybrids

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Lightning Hybrids’ system functions like other hybrids that add a secondary power source to an existing engine. stops/mile, and 25% idle time, the cycle is not ideal for the Lightning Hybrid system, which is more suited for urban, rather than suburban, operation. stops/mile and 17% idle time. With its high average speed(18.9

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CODA Holdings raises $76M in Series D initial closing; support for CODA electric vehicle and Li-ion battery JV with Lishen

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The investment will also fund additional equity investment in the company’s joint venture battery production facility where CODA will manufacture its multi-purpose Lithium-ion power battery systems for automotive and utility applications. Harbinger and Riverstone will each have a seat on CODA’s Board of Directors.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

EVs have Better Warranties The average gasoline vehicle has a powertrain warranty of 5 years or 50,000 miles. Thanks to federal regulations, EV batteries are required to be 8 years or 100,000 miles. California goes even further and requires battery warranties of 10 years or 150,000 miles.

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Obama orders GHG cuts for Federal Agencies; 50% of all new agency vehicles to be ZEV or PHEV by 2025

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Reduce fleet-wide per-mile greenhouse gas emissions from agency fleet vehicles, relative to a baseline of emissions in fiscal year 2014, to achieve a minimum 4% reduction by end of fiscal 2017; a minimum 15% reduction by the end of fiscal 2021; and a minimum 30% reduction by the end of fiscal 2025.

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Kentucky-Argonne Partnership to Help Build US Advanced Battery Industry

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In the long-term, the center would help in the development of technologies that would enable a significant increase in energy densities, including lithium-air and zinc-air systems for vehicle applications and advanced batteries for cost efficient and long-life grid power storage applications.

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