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[Oregon Business News - OregonLive.com] So, what's the deal with electric cars? - OregonLive.com: Coal and hydropower each claim roughly 40 percent of the electricity generated by Oregon's electric utilities, Oregon regulators estimate, with natural gas and wind as supplements. But the region leans more heavily on coal at night, said Terry Morlan, power planning director for the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, with relatively expensive natural gas plants shut down as power demand drops at night.

[GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site] LG Chem Has Begun Battery Plant Construction for Chevy Volt Cells ...: The Volt’s 400 pound battery gets you 40 miles. A quick calculation says that, for a reasonable range on a BEV (240 miles, which is still far less than the EREV Volt), you need another 2,000 pounds of batteries.

[hybridcar-s.net] Looking for ELECTRIC CAR? Yes, ELECTRIC CAR. It's all here ...: Tesla Motors indicates that the vehicle efficiency (including charging inefficiencies) of their li-ion powered vehicle is 12.7 kW•h/100 km (0.21 kW•h/mi) and the well-to-wheels efficiency (assuming the electricity is generated from natural gas) is 24.4 kW•h/100 km (0.39 kW•h/mi). The US fleet average of 10 l/100 km (24 mpg-US) of gasoline is equivalent to 96 kW•h/100 km (1.58 kW•h/mi), and the 3.4 L/100 km (70 mpg US) Honda Insight uses 32 kW•h/100 km (0.52 kW•h/mi) (assuming 9.6 kW•h per liter of gasoline), so hybrid electric vehicles are relatively energy efficient, and battery electric vehicles are much more energy efficient.

[AutoblogGreen] SAE 2009: Toyota plug-in Prius (and 3rd-gen Prius) update: The Volt gets that 40 mile range using only half the battery capacity, 8 Kwh, as it doesn't fully charge or fully discharge the battery to maximize battery lifespan. Combined charger and battery efficiency is 85%, that means a charge would use about 9.2 Kwh - lets round up to 10 Kwh.

[Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Electric Sedan New from Tesla Motors: The Tesla Model S gains a unique advantage from its floor-mounted battery pack: The vehicle has a trunk in back and a trunk in the front. And although its performance will fall short of the Roadster, it will be able to accelerate to 60 miles per hour in less than six seconds, with an electronically limited top speed of 130 mph.

[Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed] United Kingdom: Slow start for charge of electric cars: In the electric Mini that transport secretary Geoff Hoon drove last week, the batteries and associated electronics take up all the space normally occupied by the back seats. It is pleasingly quick but will still only manage 150 miles between charges, much less than a tank of petrol, even if it costs only £1.50 to charge overnight.

[All Out Cars] All Out Cars » Blog Archive » VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart: Encased in metal and painted black, the battery looked much smaller than a Roadster pack and is said to be able to power the fortwo up to 100 miles. Check out the pics in the gallery below and don't forget to hit the jump for some smart .

[Technology Review Feed - TR Editors' Blog] Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United ...: The Karma can be refueled quickly.) JD Power estimates that Tesla will sell 500 to 800 cars next year, while Fisker Automotive is expected to sell more than 10000.

[Consumer Reports Cars Blog] Behind the wheel: fuel-cell vehicles: Consumer Reports Cars Blog: There is enough geothermal energy underground to power all of America in electricity.If Iceland can provide all of their electricity with geothermal so can we Americans.We have one of the largest calderas on earth in Yellowstone National Park.Then there is wind,wave and all solar to spread out the energy to the power grid.There is no need for ag based fuels,nuclear,oil,coal and H2 for our energy needs.We need to understand that the current oil and coal industries are no longer in control and that the automotive industry is in for a tremendous paridym shift.They will no longer be able to fleece the car owners with unecessary repairs.Electric cars have very few repair needs and the battery electric cars can be diagnossed by their owners.This will close many car dealer showroom/repair centers.Virtual show rooms and repair centers will be accessed on the net.Electric power companies will sell clean energy to battery electric car owners for a discounted price and contract your battery pack to power suppliment the electric grid when needed.When battery packs are "used up" for BEV use the batteries are still very usefull for stationary backup use.This will create a cost payback solution.Battery technology has just arrived for powerful and extended use for electric cars.Batteries can be fast charged to 80% capacity in less than 10 minutes and can last over 150,000 miles.Companies are getting ready as we blog to capture the vast market for this huge profit maker.Even Ferrari is building a 4-wheel drive called the Chili Pepper.It is a 3/4 scale size of their million dollar high performane car.It will have better performance in handling and speed.Lets face it the internal combustion engine is on it's last gasp !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Green Car Congress] Green Car Congress: Proton Motor Delivers Fuel-Cell Hybrid Midi-Bus: The Barth Midi-bus uses six PM 600 fuel-cell stacks to deliver 45 kW of rated power (maximum power of 60 kW) to twin traction motors. A NiMH battery pack provides energy storage for regenerative braking.

[Wheels] Tesla Model S Electric Sedan Breaks Cover - Wheels Blog - NYTimes.com: Also: how much less of a carbon footprint does the car leave, if you factor in the pollution created in making electricity. Presumably, this will vary from region to region and source to source, but is there an average that can help us determine whether the Tesla is all it’s cracked up to be?

[Clean Break] Clean Break » Blog Archive » Fisker's Karma to be powered by ...: That's partly because, as a hybrid (that is, like the GM Volt is has a gas-powered range extender that's used to charge the battery while driving), its battery pack is less than half the size of the Tesla pack.

[WHAT MATTERS WEBLOG] This car is hot! - Tesla Motors' electric sportscar | WHAT MATTERS ...: most outstanding model is the Tesla Roadster, an all-electric sportscar with a top speed of 125 mph (201 km/h) accelerating from 0 mph to 60 mph (97 km/h) in just 3.9 seconds. The driving range of the car is 244 miles (393 kilometers) on a single charge including the energy need for air conditioning, seat heating and other accessories. The battery pack is composed of about 6800 laptop lithium-ion batteries which have a high energy density and weigh 450 kilograms.

[Technology Review RSS Feeds] Technology Review: Blogs: Potential Energy: A New Electric Vehicle: It would be powered by in wheel electric motors driving the rear wheels that would draw power from Lithium Polymer batteries housed in an area behind the rear seat and in front of the trunk and a bank of Ultra capacitors built in under the back seat .It should have a driving range of 20 miles on battery and capacitors and be able to go 70 miles per hour on Electric power alone .

[Wired: Autopia] Schwarzenegger Praises Green Hummer | Autopia from Wired.com: The amount of years left for the raw materials needed to make batteries, is about 45 years, at CURRENT rates of consumption! Factor in population growth, more batteries being made, and then ontop of that, we wanna start mass producing electric vehicles, with massive battery chains???

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