ev fire Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:52:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Increased EV Adoption a Concern for First Responders https://www.greenoptimistic.com/increased-ev-adoption-a-concern-for-first-responders-20121229/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/increased-ev-adoption-a-concern-for-first-responders-20121229/#respond Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:52:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=30566 Electric vehicle [EV] and hybrid electric vehicle [HEV] battery packs, typically lithium-ion [Li-ion] or nickel-metal hydride [NiMH], are not much like the small lead-acid batteries that are found in petroleum-driven vehicles today. Even the biggest lead-acid battery systems only rate to 48 Volts, and those are on tractor trailers. For the most part, the standard […]

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