Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries. Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

These cars had NiMH batteries and were sold/leased in California from 1997 through 2002 (only fleet buyers could get them for 1997-2001). It's also possible that they were dealership trade-ins with bad batteries. Good replacement batteries for these cars aren't cheap.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By 2002, BYD had become one of the top four manufacturers worldwide - and the largest Chinese manufacturer - in each of the three rechargeable battery technologies (Li-Ion, NiCad, and NiMH), according to a Harvard Business School case study of the company. More Andy Grove on battery power More Is it time to buy American Express?

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