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Towards Faster Recharge

Science News – 4/25/09

MIT

NewScientist – 3/12/09

Post 21

Monday, June 1, 2009 - 6:00am

Opel Ampera

Sunday, August 2, 2009 - 11:08am

Nissan all-electric steps into the ring.

Post 23

Sunday, August 2, 2009 - 12:10pm

Thanks for the link. If there will be a good way to recharge my car, I think the next car I buy will be an electric. I'd really like to be able to silently beat people off the line at traffic lights : ).

Post 24

Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 8:37am

Renault Fluence

Car-Charging Infrastructure
Coulomb Technologies
Ecotality
Better Place

Post 25

Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 1:57pm

First Lithium-Ion for Volt off the Line

Volt Progress

Post 26

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 6:28pm

New Way of Producing Electricity From Heat

Post 27

Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 4:14am

Meanwhile, back here in my sleepy Southern town: Edison2

Post 28

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 6:33am

Edison2 Update

“A Very Light Car with an electric drive will effectively cure range anxiety.”

Post 29

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 6:51pm

I think its hilarious how they decided to go completely away from electric motor due to poor energy/weight ratio of the batteries. Which makes it quite apparent that any hybrid vehicle made today would be more efficient if the electric motor was removed and they just burned gas. :)

Post 30

Monday, November 22, 2010 - 8:18am

The Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf are ready for the road.
Nissan has cut off the orders for Leaf after receiving 20,000 to get real road experiences before the next batch.

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Ed, your questions and your misconceptions about the propulsion, in #31, have been addressed in earlier links within this thread. I'll stop now with posts at RoR on technological advances.

(Edited by Stephen Boydstun on 11/22, 7:03pm)

Post 31

Monday, November 22, 2010 - 4:28pm

My tax dollars help pay for the Volt and I feel cheated. I was promised by Uncle Sam that it'd be all-electric (not just another hybrid gas-electric car).

Does anyone know the range of a Volt? Can it go for 300 miles (before refuel/recharge) like some gasoline-powered cars can?

Ed

(Edited by Ed Thompson on 11/22, 4:28pm)

Post 32

Monday, November 22, 2010 - 7:58pm

Does anyone know the range of a Volt? Can it go for 300 miles (before refuel/recharge) like some gasoline-powered cars can?

Per Wikipedia 350 miles with a fully charged battery and a full gas tank.

Post 33

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 12:00am

Thanks, Merlin.

Ed

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 - 7:57am

that means 50 miles on the battery and 300 on the gas, right? ;-)

Post 35

Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 9:42am