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UK Public EV Chargers Within 30 Miles by 2012

UK Public EV Chargers Within 30 Miles by 2012
90% of UK population will be within 30 miles of a public EV charging station, by the end of 2012 thanks to private companies. Until recently only central London had good EV charging coverage. However Chargemaster, Little Chef (UK Roadside Restaurant Chain) and SSE (Energy ...

5 Minute EV Charging Closer Than You Think

5 Minute EV Charging Closer Than You Think
A brief history of the five minute Electric Vehicle charge. In March of 2009 Byoungwoo Kang and Gerbrand Ceder of MIT announced a new technology breakthrough for lithium-ion batteries that increased their power density by 100 fold. Using this technology batteries can charge 100 times faster or release their stored energy at ...

A123 Systems Signs GM and ALTe Deal

A123 Systems Signs GM and ALTe Deal
A123 Systems is a Massachusetts-based EV battery maker and was one of the first green technology and energy-related companies going public in the last decade. A123’s high-performance Nanophosphate lithium ion battery technology have higher energy density, which can supply higher usable energy than other lithium ion technologies. A123’s EV batteries ...

US Retailers Get Charged Up For EVs

US Retailers Get Charged Up For EVs
Best Buy, Cracker Barrel, Fred Meyers and Walgreens all promise to start installing EV Chargers for their green conscious customers. These business even by having just a level 2 charger in their parking lot gives pure EV and plug-in hybrid owners just one more reason to shop at their store over ...

EVSE to be Available at Lowes

EVSE to be Available at Lowes
Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse to start selling GE's Wattstation electric car chargers for both the home and commercial use in their retail stores and online. Lowe's and GE both announced the partnership at the Plug-In 2011 Conference and Exposition in Raleigh, North Carolina. They said ...

EV Batteries Held Hostage

EV Batteries Held Hostage
A nickel-metal hydride cell, abbreviated NiMH, is a type of rechargeable battery similar to the nickel-cadmium cell. A NiMH battery can have two to three times the capacity of an equivalent size nickel-cadmium battery.   A nickel-metal hydride battery has about the same volumetric energy density as ...

Electric Motorcycle Owners Have Options

Electric Motorcycle Owners Have Options
Bikebandit the web's largest powersports store currently has millions of parts for ICE powered motorcycles yet still has plenty to offer the EV & hybrid crowd. With the era of the electric ride upon us (Brammo electric motorcycles can go 100MPH with a 100 mile range) many traditional auto and motorcycle part ...
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