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The Saga Continues: Consumer Reports’ Fisker Karma gets new battery pack
Send a $107,000 Fisker Karma to the dealer – after an incredibly public breakdown – and get a new battery…
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Lithium ion battery ‘overcapacity’ could arrive by 2015, would push prices way down
Too many lithium-ion batteries? That’s not something battery makers want to hear, but it’s music to our ears. It’s also…
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Are battery makers due for a “Ghosn shock”?
Battery makers in the Japanese auto market are quite nervous, with concern that “Ghosn shock” may return in the wake…
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Overheating batteries put Chrysler plug-in hybrid testing on hold
Chrysler hasn’t exactly been in a leadership role when it comes to, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Disbanding the ENVI group…
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How nasty, foot-long “wandering meatloaf” snails could improve car batteries
“Slow” and “ugly” are words used to describe some hybrid cars and, coincidentally, the gumboot chiton. Soon the two may…
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Battery-pack production for plug-ins, hybrids, triples in three years
Panasonic’s standing in the plug-in and hybrid battery production industry has zoomed ahead like a Tesla Model S taking off…
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Take a close look at the guts of the Chevy Volt battery, powertrain
Just how intimate would you like to get with the powertrain in a Chevy Volt? If you’re anything like YouTube…
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2016 Toyota Prius tech improves here, there, all over
We saw the spy shots, we saw the car in person, but now is when we finally start to get…
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