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Green Cars

Electric Car Batteries Lithium Ion Batteries Breakthrough Electric Car Range Tripled

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Electric Car Batteries Lithium Ion Batteries Breakthrough Electric Car Range Tripled

Electric car batteries or lithium-ion batteries advances effectively triple electric car range. Envia Systems, who is a technology leader in lithium-ion energy storage announced a major breakthrough in technology in this field. The new Envia technology builds on the work done at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory which is located in southwest DuPage County, IL, 25 miles southwest of Chicago and managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

Building on the existing award-winning Argonne-Envia collaboration, the Argonne license contributed complementary technology to Envia’s development of industry-leading lithium-ion battery solutions. General Motors also invested $7 million in Envia to provide its “battery engineering team with access to advanced lithium-ion cathode technology that delivers higher cell energy density and lower cost.” Other Envia Investors include Asahi Kasei and Asahi Glass, Bay Partners, Redpoint and Panagea Ventures totaling $17 million.

Advanced Research Project Agency•Energy, or ARPA•E gave them a $4 million dollar award grant to help with the research as well. The whole idea of ARPA•E was:

To bring a freshness, excitement, and sense of mission to energy research that will attract many of the U.S.’s best and brightest minds—those of experienced scientists and engineers, and, especially, those of students and young researchers, including persons in the entrepreneurial world.

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Posted by admin - March 1, 2012 at 9:17 am

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Green Cars Guide How to Choose one and What are the Best Green Cars

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Green Cars List & Guide How to Choose one and What are the Best Green Cars

Green cars are becoming more mainstream today, for a variety of reasons. Here in America we still have plenty of climate change deniers that either don’t think it is happening or that it is not man made, however, that is not the subject today. The fact of the matter is that higher fuel prices can drive people to greener automobiles whom otherwise wouldn’t care one way or the other about how good the vehicle is for the environment. So we have those whom choose these cars to save money on gas, and then we have those who choose these cars to help the environment. In either case, it is good for the planet and everyone!

The EPA Green Vehicle Guide is a good place to obtain relevant information regarding the environmental performance of green cars and provides guests with dynamic search and sorting options. You can make side by side comparisons with up to three vehicles and you can also customize your searches, and even include photos!

The list is based upon the Greenhouse Gas Score, which reflects the emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. This score is related to a vehicles fuel economy of course, as those with higher fuel efficiency will burn less gas thereby emitting less CO2. Other criteria includes the type of fuel burned as different fuels contain differing amounts of carbon. The higher the score in this category, the better! Continue Reading Green Cars Guide How to Choose one and What are the Best Green Cars Here

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Posted by admin - November 30, 2011 at 9:59 am

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