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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Well, then, youre back to coal burning power plants, and a dirty little secret the H2 hypers dont like to discuss: The electrical storage efficiency of water electrolysis, compression for storage, and PEM fuel cell combined is only 23%. The combined electrical storage efficiency of charger and batteries is 85%.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The smallfour-seater Mitsubishi iMiEV uses lithium-ion but is likely to cost up to£20,000 when it becomes available here later this year. The existing Prius has a carbon-dioxide figure of 89g/km but it is stillunlikely to be classified as an ultra-low-carbon vehicle. So the car uses an electrical store to power the drive motor.