EV Report

Nissan has announced its all new, all electric leaf. The leaf can go 100 miles on a single charge with 5 adults on board. Its advanced lithium ion battery can charge in 30 minutes at commercial charging stations and 8 hours from a normal household outlet. Price hasn’t been announced but will be competitively priced and is part of Nissan’s new ‘vision’.

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Maxwell Technologies producer of boostcap capacitors and Ansys have released specs & models of their electrical components. This will make it easier for engineers and designers to use their models in computer simulations while designing hybrid vehichles and electric vehicles and components.

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The 48 companies announced in 20 states. See them all on the map provided below. If you’re lookin’ for a job and you have nano skills this is a good place to start!

View map of all 48 awardees – (pdf)

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EnerG2 wins 21.3M in grant money to expand its nano-scale operations to a new facility in Albany, Oregon. Ultracapacitors have always been the holy grail of energy storage as they don’t wear out like chemical-based batteries do.

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Go to EnerG2’s Website

Finally! A stimulus package worth pursuing…but what is the real plan? The EV stimulus grant bill has been outlined and key states have been selected but what are the underlying agendas? Does big brother want big oil and foreign companies out of the equation? Obama says he wants hybrids and EV’s to stay here. We sure hope so…as long as it means cheap batteries for us!

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While Japanese companies are competing to provide the best hybrid car China is racing to bring the first electric car to america. Coda is working hard to bring an electric car that will promise 80Mph & 100Mph range. They also say they’re lithiom ion batteries should be able to withstand a 100,000 mile charge cycle and can offer this rig at around $32,500! Not too bad for an all electric car with normal standard features.

Seems like Exxon is investing in electric technologies. I guess they’ve come to the realization that oil will be mostly gone in 30 years and they should start investing in future technologies such as lithium ion. The car they are investing in is the Electrovaya initially developed by zenn Motors and Miles Automotive. It will have the basics…8-10 hr charge, 120 mile range and pricing should be around $20-25K

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Quite some time ago we knew bad blood was brewing when Tesla Motors ditched Martin Eberhard as CEO from the very company he first created. Now it has come down to a match of finger pointing and blaming for Tesla’s slow path to success. Tesla claims all of this is just simply not true and they have plenty of information and evidence to back it up.

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We all hate being behind trucks with the ploom of black smoke after the light turns green. Electric trucks coming soon? Hell yeah! Of couse we all know the current constraints is primarily the battery…but this is a big step forward to making electric trucks a reality. Hopefully we’ll see these trucks on the road very soon.

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This stylish two door ev weights only 1,200 lbsm, tops out at 56 Mph and has a range of 88 miles.. It will be powered by a lithium ion battery and have a full charge time of 9hrs. Designed for city driving and daily commuting it will be priced around 20,000 euros (sorry USA)

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