Grid Oil-Sands Recharge Sodium 
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 24, 2023
The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery , a design in which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. Flow batteries are safe, stable, long-lasting, and easily refilled, qualities that suit them well for balancing the grid, providing uninterrupted power, and backing up sources of electricity.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
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). The electricity for recharging has to come from somewhere, which means power plants. We have oil! Think Bakken and Alberta sands.
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