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IBM developing air battery with 500-mile range

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Filed under: Technology , Electric One nagging issue with electric vehicles is range. While today’s lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are much better than yesterday’s nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, they still don’t offer enough energy storage to take an EV much further than 100 miles without a lengthy recharge. Even if the Li-ion batteries were up to the challenge, there is still the awkward problem of where to pack 1,000 pounds (or more) of bulky storage cells into a vehicle’s chassis.

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Filed under: Technology , Electric One nagging issue with electric vehicles is range. While today’s lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are much better than yesterday’s nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, they still don’t offer enough energy storage to take an EV much further than 100 miles without a lengthy recharge. Even if the Li-ion batteries were up to the challenge, there is still the awkward problem of where to pack 1,000 pounds (or more) of bulky storage cells into a vehicle’s chassis. IBM thinks it has a solution with a promising new lithium-air (Li-air) battery

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IBM developing air battery with 500-mile range

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Filed under: Technology , Electric One nagging issue with electric vehicles is range. While today’s lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are much better than yesterday’s nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, they still don’t offer enough energy storage to take an EV much further than 100 miles without a lengthy recharge. Even if the Li-ion batteries were up to the challenge, there is still the awkward problem of where to pack 1,000 pounds (or more) of bulky storage cells into a vehicle’s chassis. IBM thinks it has a solution with a promising new lithium-air (Li-air) battery.

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Study: Global auto execs don’t see electric cars making big inroads for at least a decade

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Filed under: Car Buying , Hybrid , Marketing/Advertising , Technology , Electric A new survey by audit powerhouse KPMG suggests auto executives don’t see electrified car sales passing 15 percent of global sales until at least 2025. Yet despite the slowly developing market, these same execs foresee substantial increased investment in electric and hybrid car production along with research and development. Given very limited consumer acceptance of hybrid cars since their U.S.

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Confirmed: Nissan sells 20,000 Leafs worldwide, 10,000 in U.S. by end of the year

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It was just a few months ago that Nissan announced it had sold over 10,000 all-electric Leaf electric cars around the world. Speaking before the start of the Tokyo Motor Show today, company officials confirmed to Autoblog that the automaker has sold over 20,000 Leafs since the electric car went on sale in December of 2010. Of that total, over 60 percent of the roughly 9,000 Leafs sold in the U.S. so far this year (we’ll get specific numbers later this week) have found homes in California

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Official: 2012 Nissan Leaf gets higher price tag, more standard equipment

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Filed under: Car Buying , Hatchback , Nissan , Electric For 2012, the Nissan Leaf mid-size electric will receive some minor upgrades and a healthy bump in price. Moving into its second model year, Nissan’s groundbreaking hatchback will not receive any significant modifications to its exterior or powertrain. However, the decision to make standard the cold weather package – consisting of a battery heater, heated outside mirrors, heated steering wheel, heated front and rear seats and an HVAC duct to the rear seating area – and the addition of a quick-charge port as standard equipment (previously offered as a $700 option ) on the uplevel SL model, means that pricing for the 2012 Leaf has increased. Nissan has set the MSRP of the base 2012 Leaf SV at $35,200 (plus an $820 destination charge) and the uplevel SL at $37,250.

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