Slipstream: A New Battery Takes Off in a Race to Electric Cars
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The goal for A123Systemsâ battery for plug-in hybrid cars is to achieve 155 miles to the gallon and reduce demand for gasoline by 70 percent.
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Japanese automaker says if it could find the battery power, completely electric cars would be better for the environment than a plug-in hybrid.
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Two start-ups are coming that will lease, rather than sell batteries to consumers. Isn't this what big, bad GM did?
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Blog: A new device in the works could debut with Mercedes, according to one report
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Nissan Motor Co. plans to develop and  start selling subcompact electric cars powered by  self-developed lithium-ion batteries in about three years, the  Nihon Keizai (Nikkei) business daily reported on Sunday.
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According to an article in this month's Science Journal, researchers at Simon Frasier University in British Columbia have developed a new technology to generate electricity from the natural motion of walking. Assistant professor of kinesiology Max Donelan and other team members say their biomechanical energy harvester promises to revolutionize the way people charge the batteries that power all sorts of mobile devices, like laptops, cell phones, and emergency rescue gear.
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A new micro-generator developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology holds promise for micro-generator technology&#39;s future in electronics devices.
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Ian Wright, CEO and founder of Wrightspeed, discusses of the future of electric cars.
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General Motors and DaimlerChrysler are joining forces to develop a new hybrid powertrain that they claim is more efficient and flexible than current hybrids.
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A delayed battery technology may indeed be on the way.
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Next week, three dozen robot cars bristling with lasers, radars, and antennas compete in Darpa's Urban Challenge race. If all goes as planned, it'll be as orderly as a procession of golf carts in downtown Sun City. But it could just as easily turn into a robot smash-up derby.
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It can pivot like a motorcycle and run for 100 miles on battery power -- a new plug-in hybrid in development has some safety challenges but it's spry. In Autopia.
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Wired correspondent Eliot Van Buskirk takes a spin inside "Boss," the robot-controlled car created by GM and Carnegie Mellon for the Darpa Urban Challenge.
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General Motors' latest hydrogen car prototype is a car unlike any other and a glimpse of a possible, very different, automotive future.
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Russell Long already owns a pair of fuel-efficient hybrid cars -- a Toyota Prius and a Honda Civic -- but his dream car is not on the market yet: a zippy number he could plug in to recharge at night that would get over 100 miles per gallon.
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A fleet of fuel cell-powered SUVs are going into the hands of consumers for real-world testing.
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Although a number of companies are working to develop higher-powered batteries for laptops and high-tech gadgets, real breakthroughs in the technology could be a decade away.