EV Report

Here’s a good one…the Geek Squad team will start testing with the Mitsubishi i-MiEV.  This would make perfect sense because most geek squad runs are short in diameter and these cars are perfect for the professional geek. We wonder if the geek squad will be ditching the VW Beetles that have made them so popular. We’ll see how the krauts @ VW fare…so far their EV efforts haven’t been stellar.
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Solar Impulse…the plane that is promising day-night-day solar flights is on its way with a first successful test flight! These types of flights have been considered the holy grail of many aviators. What’s the next step? A 36 hour day-night-day flight this summer. The plane will now be moved to a new airport in Payerne that will allow it to have more flexible testing.
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Paul Teutul Senior introduced their new electric chopper. The cost to build this unique bike? a cool mil. Although Paulie didn’t sound like he knew all the details on this electric motorcycle the intentions are good and that’s what we like. We still love you Paulie!
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The Chevy Volt has received a rating of 230 mpg. Don’t be deceived…the 230 mpg rating doesn’t actually apply to its regular gas milage which is 50 mpg. Confused? We were too. It seems the term ‘mpg’ has become more of a marketing term than anything else and is also being used for electric cars that don’t use a drop of gas. Shouldn’t they have a new rating? MPW or miles per watt or MpKw miles per kilowatt?
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Electric car automaker Zap has raised a cool $25 million in funds from a Silicon Valley investor. The money will be used for long-term electric car production and committments such as commercial trucks, vans and electric fleet vehicles which can be huge for any company.

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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!

Read More @ WSJ

Read Article @ Christian Science Monitor