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Home > Electric and Hybrid Car News - April 29, 2008
Electric and Hybrid Car News - April 29, 2008
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This Week's
Electric Headlines
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A123Systems
Begins Taking Consumer Orders for its HymotionTM L5 Plug-in
Conversion(April 29) - PR Release - A123Systems’
Hymotion product line is the only fully-tested PCM that
meets or exceeds federal requirements for crash-worthiness
and emissions. Based on independent testing, the L5 PCM will
enable a Toyota Prius to obtain fuel economies of more than
100 miles per gallon.
Complete Story
Electric X1 Prototype: Fast but unaffordable(April
28) - California - Last year the X1 Prototype was released
boasting accelerating from 0 to 60 in 3.07 seconds and 117
feet. The purely electric car can drive about 125 miles
under normal driving conditions and as low as 25 miles under
racing conditions before needing to recharge.
Complete Story
Thinking Electric(April 28) -
Emagazine - The car would go 110
miles without a charge and cost less
than $25,000 brand new by the end of
2009. Dubbed Think City, the
two-seater revs up to about 65 miles
per hour max.
Complete Story
Muscle-car designer makes U-turn(April
27) - LA Times - Among his recent
projects: the futuristic-looking
Aptera, a three-wheeled,
all-electric car that can go 120
miles on a charge, and a yacht with
a solar-panel roof supplying juice
to its electric motors.
Complete Story
An electric car with removable
batteries let you charge up in the
house(April 25) - Dvice - MIRA
HAV, an electric car that's smart
enough to allow you to remove the
batteries and charge them up in your
house. You know, where the outlets
are.
Complete Story
Chevy Volt prototype runs on
lithium ion batteries for first
time!(April 25) - Bob Lutz told
the Detroit News in an interview
that “we’ve got the first car
running (with lithium-ion batteries)
… and what the guys get on
’sightings’ is a picture of an old
Malibu with black wheels and a very
long extension cord.”
Complete Story
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