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The Electric Car Battery War

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U.S. and Asian rivals are rushing to hone lithium-ion technology. Should the feds get involved?
There is little in its spare Manhattan headquarters to suggest that Ener1 (HEV) could someday be an industrial power. The office of Charles A. Gassenheimer, a former hedge fund manager installed as CEO in August to [...]

EVs to get improved mileage from redox flow batteries

German researchers say a new type of electric vehicle battery that runs on electrolyte fluid can be recharged as easily as refilling a petrol tank. When the redox flow rechargeable batteries are low, the discharged electrolyte fluid can simply be exchanged at the gas station for recharged fluid.

To fulfill the German Government’s ambitious plan of [...]

When an Electric Car Dies, What Will Happen to the Battery?

In the race to put 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015, another challenge awaits on the other side of the finish line: recycling all of those batteries.

The Great Electric Car Quandary: How to Build a Charging Infrastructure Before Demand Grows

Dozens of new electric-vehicle models from General Motors, Ford, Toyota and others are expected to hit the streets within the next couple of years. Will there be enough juice to keep them moving?

Ford, Chrysler, Nissan to deliver on electric cars

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The electric car has been around since shortly after the invention of the automobile, but the limitations of battery capacity has constrained its success. When the electric starter made gasoline engines more user-friendly, electric-powered cars became the nearly-exclusive purview of golf carts.
After fitful development in recent years, however, it appears as though the [...]