Gas Car Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:58:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Gas and Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, History Repeating https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gas-electric-vehicle-charging-history-20130314/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gas-electric-vehicle-charging-history-20130314/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:49:29 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34890 If you think about it carefully, gas stations and electric vehicle charging stations are very similar in their development over time. Automobile infrastructure history is repeating itself. We’ve all heard the complaints about electric vehicles, “They have limited range,” and “Electric vehicle charging stations are too far apart.” Go back eighty years, and you’d hear […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/gas-electric-vehicle-charging-history-20130314/feed/ 0 34890 Hybrid Cars Safer Than Gas-Only Siblings Due to Weight, Study Finds https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hybrid-cars-safer-study-20111123/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hybrid-cars-safer-study-20111123/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:30:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21252 Hybrid cars may have lots of advantages related to fuel economy, but a recent study performed by the Highway Loss Data Institute found out they’re even safer in a case of crash than their non-hybrid counterparts, MSNBC reports. The analysis took into account only hybrids that have a gas-only powered sibling, like the Toyota Highlander […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/hybrid-cars-safer-study-20111123/feed/ 0 21252 Remarkable Lifetime Results for EV Batteries https://www.greenoptimistic.com/remarkable-lifetime-results-for-ev-batteries-20090610/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/remarkable-lifetime-results-for-ev-batteries-20090610/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:30:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3714 Scientists from Southern California Edison (SCE) have developed an tested for two and a half years a lithium-ion battery sub-pack with very encouraging results. The battery tested survived 180,000miles with no significant deterioration.

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