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World demand for battery materials will hit $22.8 billion by 2012

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of AutoblogGreen that there are a ton of hybrid and electric vehicles scheduled to show up on the market over the next few years. All of these machines will share one major component: batteries. According to a study by The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry research firm, the worldwide demand for the materials needed to produce these batteries will rise to $22.8 billion – a 3.9-percent increase – by the year 2012. Most of the demand will be for lithium- and ... Read more →

Chinese researchers develop nickel catalyst fuel cell Sam Abuelsamid

Hydrogen fuel cells have a lot to recommend them. Fuel cells consume air and hydrogen and produce nothing but water and electricity. They provide a mechanism to get an electric vehicle with the type ...

"Hummers are greener than Prius" study makes it into an episode of ABC's Boston Legal Lascelles Linton

Boston Legal is an ABC TV series about a law firm. In the episode Green Christmas (first aired Dec. 18, 2007), the law firm, Crane Poole and Schmidt, is sued by a group called "Green People" for ...

Will nickel-based batteries harm hybrid resale prices? Jeremy Korzeniewski

In pretty much all of the past markets where nickel-based batteries were replaced by lithium-based batteries, the resale value of the nickel-based models takes a sharp nosedive when the lithium ...

Ford turns to Henkel for green coatings Dane Muldoon

The paint shop is one of the least environmentally friendly divisions of any auto production plant. Work is being done however to reduce the impact of the painting process in producing new vehicles ...

World demand for battery materials will hit $22.8 billion by 2012 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

It will come as no surprise to regular readers of AutoblogGreen that there are a ton of hybrid and electric vehicles scheduled to show up on the market over the next few years. All of these machines will share one major component: batteries. According to a study by The Freedonia Group, Inc., a ...

Chinese researchers develop nickel catalyst fuel cell 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hydrogen fuel cells have a lot to recommend them. Fuel cells consume air and hydrogen and produce nothing but water and electricity. They provide a mechanism to get an electric vehicle with the type of range that drivers have come to expect along with the rapid re-fueling they are used too. ...

"Hummers are greener than Prius" study makes it into an episode of ABC's Boston Legal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Boston Legal is an ABC TV series about a law firm. In the episode Green Christmas (first aired Dec. 18, 2007), the law firm, Crane Poole and Schmidt, is sued by a group called "Green People" for fraud because they said they were green but actually were not. In the court case, a board member of ...

Will nickel-based batteries harm hybrid resale prices? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In pretty much all of the past markets where nickel-based batteries were replaced by lithium-based batteries, the resale value of the nickel-based models takes a sharp nosedive when the lithium models hit the market. Will this same thing happen with hybrid automobiles equipped with the older ...

Ford turns to Henkel for green coatings 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The paint shop is one of the least environmentally friendly divisions of any auto production plant. Work is being done however to reduce the impact of the painting process in producing new vehicles such as the announcement by Ford that they will partner with Henkel Corporation to produce the ...


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