Department of Energy to kick $14 million for PHEV battery research
The US Department of Energy has committed to contributing $14 million dollars to a $28 million project being run by the US Advanced Battery Consortium. The USABC is part of the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR) which is an umbrella organization for US based carmakers to do joint research into advanced technologies. The battery project is part of an effort develop commercially viable batteries for plug-in hybrid vehicles that would allow for forty miles of electric driving range. The goals of the project are to identify battery chemistries that can last the life of the car without replacement, keep cost to a manageable level and provide the necessary levels of performance under the range of driving conditions that a mass produced car would encounter. [Source: Department of Energy]
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degarege kibret 11:11AM (10/20/2008)
please i have a new technology to generate electricity,to produce and recharge dry and liquid battery.please I would like to communuicate with research organizationas or companies email me please.
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Joseph 11:56PM (4/07/2007)
Yay!
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Janis Mara 5:18PM (4/08/2007)
Great idea! According to at least one auto bigwig, a car has to be able to go 40 miles without a charge to be commercially viable (http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?id=90936). There are 25 million registered vehicles in California, a lot of them are in Los Angeles and 40 miles is not a long way in L.A. So I agree - yay to this new development!
Janis Mara
www.ecotality.com
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