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San Jose/Tesla deal announcement Wed.

Plugs and Cars

The NY Times is reporting that Wednesday morning will see the announcement of a deal that will see Tesla's second electric car, the sedan, built in San Jose. On Wednesday morning, the company will announce a deal to lease 89 acres of land in San Jose, Calif.

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Quallion Introduces Li-ion Anti-Idling HVAC Solution for Class 6-8 Trucks; Showcases Battery Pack in CRF Panda Fuel Cell Vehicle Prototype

Green Car Congress

Quallion developed the system under a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with a global Tier 1 supplier to meet OEM specification requirements and has installed the battery in a Class 8 truck for preliminary field testing with plans to obtain data for future commercialization. and a mass flow rate of 75g/sec.

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3D Printed Solid-State Battery Rivals Lithium-Ion

Cars That Think

Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere: in smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles, and even in your wristwatch. The next frontier, they say, is the solid-state battery — and perhaps 3D-printed ones, at that. The startup, based in San Jose, Calif.,

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. SAN FRANCISCO — If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first. Nissan plans to build the Leaf in Tennessee eventually.).

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Junkyard Find: Nissan Leafpocalypse in California

The Truth About Cars

The Newark yard has these five right now, while the San Jose yard (which, by the way, has one of the best taco trucks in the San Francisco Bay Area in its parking lot) boast 10 Leafs for your parts-pulling pleasure. It must have been fun building the filthy gas-powered devices used in this TV commercial.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. Wright also developed the Wrightspeed X1 , an EV sports car known for beating gasoline-powered sports cars in a drag race. Richard’s magic sauce has been a battery that is low to the ground.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Batteries not ready. San Jose Mercury News ). Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said.

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