...The LG Chem's cable battery prototype is described in Advanced Materials journal and comes less than a month after the USABC (United States Advanced-Battery Consortium)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors—awarded a $9.62 million advanced battery technology development contract to LGCPI (LG Chem Power) in Troy, Mich.
The competitively bid contract award is co-funded by the U.S. DOE (Department of Energy) and includes a 50% cost share by LGCPI. USABC awarded the contract to develop a self-contained, thermally-managed, lithium-ion battery pack system for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle PHEV applications....
...“We are pleased to announce the award of this contract to LG Chem Power Inc. as part of USABC’s broad battery technology research and development programs,” said Steve Zimmer, executive director of USCAR. “These programs are essential to advancing both near- and long-term goals that will enable a broad spectrum of vehicle electrification and make electrified vehicles increasingly affordable.”...
Below is battery technology in application for hybrid conversation, but, above is the burgeoning of an electric car industry. I and many others have stated over and over again, "When the technology is finally in production and use within a consumer base, the future is much brighter." Let it be noted, we are on our way to zero carbon emissions for all consumers.
The truth is simple. We perfect what we use and ignore what doesn't seem to exist. That is true with wind and solar energy systems. We need to get on with this.
The truth is simple. We perfect what we use and ignore what doesn't seem to exist. That is true with wind and solar energy systems. We need to get on with this.
Jan. 23, 2013
INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Echo Automotive, Inc. (OTCQB:ECAU) ("Echo Automotive" or the "Company"), a developer of technologies enabling the cost-effective conversion of existing fleet vehicles into fuel efficient hybrids, is pleased to announce the launch of its latest product offering, a multi-mode hybrid technology aimed directly at significantly improving the economic performance of fleet operations.
The Company, in its first public display, today demonstrated its proprietary hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technology under the EchoDrive(TM) brand, along with revealing a notable shift in hybrid philosophy with the introduction of multi-power source selection capability via the implementation of a high capacity BEV mode (Battery Electric Vehicle) system option.
EchoDrive(TM) was conceived and developed as a bolt-on, easy-install system to convert traditional fleet vehicles to hybrid operation, with a design mandate to provide a quick return on investment through considered, attainable cost-saving performance in a practical package aimed at a broad-based critical market desperately in need of sustainable cost-saving solutions....
