Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

Ron Freund, president of the Electric Auto Assoc., The coveted Chevy Volt battery contract appears to be going to a unit of South Korea’s biggest battery maker. MIT spinoff A123 was a personal favorite, also Germany’s Continental was in the running, but it was LG Chem subsidiary and Detroit based Compact Power, Inc.

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Volt GM Batteries Battery 100

Baua Electric

APRIL 16, 2024

The car still has all the tech features we’ve come to expect in a Hyundai like automatic emergency braking, a driver-assistance system that helps ease fatigue on the highway trips, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and a large digital gauge cluster and infotainment screen. By and large, enthusiasts don’t care about tech features.

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Hyundai South Korea Batteries Battery 40

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. South Korea did that and Australia is going to be doing that.

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