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GM, Nissan, Tesla Focus On How To Recycle Used Electric-Car Batteries
Electric cars may be coming out in force come December, but the spotlight is now on how their batteries will be resold and recycled several years down the road. There’s been a recent spate of announcements from Nissan, General Motors and Tesla on this topic. All three companies are looking...
2012 Focus EV Will Rely On Liquid-Cooled Lithium-Ion Battery System
As electric cars start to increase in power and range, so do the stresses and requirements placed on their oh so vital batteries. Most automakers have chosen to stick with... September 6, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 3
Lithium-Ion Batteries Get Green Kudos, Better Than Gasoline
In a week where many mainstream media outlets are claiming electric cars are prohibitively more expensive to own than gasoline counterparts, a team of Swiss researchers have... August 31, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 12
Tomorrow's Power Today? New Battery Is Most Powerful Ever
The electric motor is a great invention, but it's entirely limited by the power that the battery can feed to it, and that power is limited by the amount of energy the battery... August 26, 2010 by Antony Ingram 16
GM China Confirms Development of All-Electric Sail Concept
General Motors has been through the wringer over the last 18 months, nowhere more so than in North America, where it declared bankruptcy and was quickly restructured with $60... August 24, 2010 by John Voelcker
First Look: Kia Electric Pop Concept For Paris Motor Show
The dog days of summer may still be with us, but automakers across the globe are gearing up for the big Paris Motor Show, which kicks off just six weeks hence. This morning... August 18, 2010 by John Voelcker 11
Corvette Could Go Hybrid, Says GM Head Engineer; World To End?
Last week, Karl-Friedrich Stracke, GM's vice president of global vehicle engineering, set to rest rumors of a mid-engine next-generation Chevrolet Corvette. That got a lot of... August 17, 2010 by John Voelcker 3
A123 Spin-Off 24M Lands $16M To Explore Next Frontier Of Batteries
Last week, advanced battery company A123Systems announced that it was spinning off a new venture called 24M Technologies, which would focus on more unorthodox energy storage... August 17, 2010 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat
So What Exactly DO You Have to Service On a 2011 Nissan Leaf?
Despite initial purchase prices higher than those for gasoline cars of equivalent performance (before incentives, anyway), electric cars undisputably cost less to run. Not... August 16, 2010 by John Voelcker 13
2012 Infiniti M35h, Its First Hybrid, Previews at Pebble Beach
Almost a year ago, Infiniti confirmed a hybrid version of its new M sedan, to be launched at the end of 2010. Now, the company has unveiled that car, in the tony surroundings... August 16, 2010 by John Voelcker
A123 Spins Out Energy Storage Startup, Loses Chrysler Deal
Advanced battery maker A123 announced more than its quarterly earnings yesterday. In addition to posting a lackluster $22.6 million in revenue, the company spun off a new... August 12, 2010 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat 1
Bosch Commits To EV Powertrain Development
Following the successful launch of Bosch’s parallel full-hybrid technology (in models such as the Volkswagen Touareg and Porsche Cayenne S), the key international... August 4, 2010 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran 1
Electric Car Buying Guide
We've been watching it roll closer for years, and now it's all but here: A new era of electric cars. Just three or four months from now, the first highway-capable electric... August 4, 2010 by John Voelcker 3
The 2011 Chevy Volt: Made Alongside GM's Gas-Guzzling V8s
Think of the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and very little seems conventional about it. With a range of 40 miles per charge and a range-extending gasoline engine used to provide extra... August 4, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 12
BREAKING: GM Boosts 2011 Chevrolet Volt Production 50 Percent
There's no better time to make a public announcement than when you have the President of the United States with you. Today,President Barack Obama visited the... July 30, 2010 by John Voelcker 2
2012 Think City EV’s New Lithium-Ion Battery A Welcome Upgrade
How fast, how far, and how long? These are the three most important questions asked of any electric car coming to market. Just like their gasoline counterparts, drivers want... July 29, 2010 by Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield 6
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