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Peugeots Electric Partner Origin Venturi van; Zebra battery pack

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kWh ‘Zebra’ (Sodium nickel chloride) battery pack and a 42 kW (peak) electric motor with maximum torque of 173 N·m (128 lb-ft). This electric van entered the marketing phase in October 2010 in 5 European countries (France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, and Denmark) with a production volume limited to a few hundred units.

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Modec to Gain EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval

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The approval is important to Modec’s expansion plans—dealers are being set up in The Netherlands, Ireland, France, Spain and Denmark thanks to strong market demand for the unique electric commercial vehicle. All tests have been completed and final paperwork is being processed. Modec chose Millbrook to undertake the type approval program.

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Rock Solid: New Battery Tech Promises Faster Charging, Longer Range for Electric Cars

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Enter a breakthrough from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU): solid-state batteries based on potassium and sodium silicates, a common and affordable minerals found in everyday rocks. Electric cars are surging in popularity, but limitations with current battery technology are a hurdle.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

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Havmøller Those challenges inspired teams of researchers at the University of Copenhagen , the Technical University of Denmark , and Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior to build a better wearable-size generator for their purposes: tracking wild animals for, ideally, their whole lives.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The electric car features three different battery options, two different Lithium-based (LI) systems – A123Systems and Enerdel as well as a Sodium-Nickel battery Zebra (Mes-Dea). Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up.