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    Audi Developing e-sound for e-tron Electric Cars [video]
    Audi has developed e-sound for its R8 e-tron electric car, saving absent-minded pedestrians from an unfortunate encounter with this battery-powered road rocket. In a series-production Audi, a combustion engine currently supplies the music. The motor in an electric-powered e-tron is not an option, as it is too quiet and its high frequencies are not exactly melodious. Audi’s...
    by at April 8th, 2012 at 12:04 am
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    Nanotrees Generate Hydrogen Fuel from Solar Energy
    Running cars, homes and buildings on hydrogen has long thought to be the ultimate clean solution, but getting there has been tough. Researchers at University of California, San Diego are creating a ”nanoforest” that can capture solar energy and use it to generate hydrogen fuel. Reporting in the journal Nanoscale, the team said nanowires, which are made...
    by at March 14th, 2012 at 08:03 am
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    Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell Drivetrain
    Mercedes-Benz has revealed more details of the electric drivetrain system that powers the Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell project. The drivetrain of the Mercedes SLS AMG E-CELL has been in development since 2010 as a result of the cooperation between Mercedes-AMG and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth. A small series-production run of the Mercedes-Benz SLS...
    by at March 9th, 2012 at 07:03 am
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    Envia Promises Big Breakthrough for Electric Car Batteries
    Envia Systems is announcing at the ARPA-E conference that it has achieved a critical milestone: a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with an “energy density” of 400 watt-hours per kilogram, the highest energy density known to be recorded for a rechargeable lithium-ion cell. When commercialized, this 400 Wh/kg battery is expected to slash the price of a 300 mile...
    by at February 27th, 2012 at 07:02 am
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    Nissan Develops Next Generation Fuel Cell Stack
    Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today released its Next Generation Fuel Cell Stack (2011 Model) for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV). Through improvements to the MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly) and the separator flow path, which make up the structure of Fuel Cell, Nissan significantly improved the power density of Fuel Cell Stack to 2.5 times greater than its 2005 model and...
    by at October 13th, 2011 at 03:10 am
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    GM Partners with ABB to Use Volt Batteries for Backup Power
    Grid equipment supplier ABB and General Motors demonstrated on Tuesday an energy storage system that combines electric vehicle battery technology and a grid-tied electric power inverter. The two companies are building a prototype that could lead to Chevrolet Volt battery packs storing energy, including renewable wind and solar energy, and feeding it back to the grid. The...
    by at July 21st, 2011 at 02:07 am
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    Volvo Developing Three Types of Range Extenders for Electric Cars
    Volvo Car Corporation is taking the next step in the company’s electrification strategy by producing test cars with Range Extenders – electric cars that are fitted with a combustion engine to increase their effective range. The projects, supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and the EU, encompass three potential technology combinations. Tests of the various...
    by at July 12th, 2011 at 04:07 am
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    Nissan Develops Solar-Powered Charging System
    Nissan and 4R Energy Corp. have developed a super-green way to recharge its electric vehicles that combines a solar power generation system with high-capacity lithium-ion batteries. Testing of this new charging system began today at Nissan’s Global Headquarters in Yokohama. In the new charging system, electricity is generated through 488 solar cells installed on...
    by at July 11th, 2011 at 03:07 am
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    New MIT Battery Could Make Charging as Quick as Pumping Gas
    Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology today published details on a radically new approach to the design of batteries that could provide a lightweight and inexpensive alternative to existing batteries for electric cars and the power grid. In a paper published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, they said the approach has the potential to boost...
    by at June 6th, 2011 at 01:06 pm
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    GM Electric Motors Plant is First for Major U.S. Automaker
    GM’s electric motor plant near Baltimore will be the first by a major U.S. automaker dedicated to making the critical components for vehicle electrification when the plant opens in 2013. GM broke ground Tuesday for the previously announced addition to the complex housing its two-mode hybrid and Heavy Duty transmission operations. The electric motor plant results from...
    by at May 17th, 2011 at 02:05 pm
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