solid-state lithium-ion Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:18:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Volkswagen Electric Vehicles’ Range to Triple in the Future https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volkswagen-electric-vehicles-range-20150101/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volkswagen-electric-vehicles-range-20150101/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2015 19:42:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=51051 Currently, Volkswagen electric vehicles, as well as every other electric vehicle, use conventional lithium-ion battery technology. On the energy storage level, practically the only thing that separates the Volkswagen electric vehicles from Tesla Motors electric vehicles, such as the e-Golf and Model S is the configuration and capacity of the lithium-on battery pack. Indeed, the […]

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