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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Valence’s Saphion technology, commercially introduced in 2002, refers to the processes and materials used in developing the novel patented lithium iron magnesium phosphate cathode materials. By comparison, nickel-based Li-ion systems have a cathode voltage of 3.8V. The USCAR/DOE long term goal is 5,000 cycles. for Valence cells).

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. I had surmised this in my 2002 car design thesis [link] even before anyone was talking about plug in series hybrids.

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