Monthly Archives: April 2012

IBM lithium-air battery research

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

IBM announces new partners We thought that we had previously discussed IBM’s lithium-air battery research in a previous article, but we did not find it in a search of our archives. So we bring you this article as an update … Continue reading →

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Nissan LEAF one year battery check

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Our LEAF goes in for its annual checkup As with most other things in life, we were late getting our LEAF in for its first annual battery checkup. We took delivery of our LEAF on March 25 of last year, … Continue reading →

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Nissan LEAF battery update

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Nissan has produced over 11 million LEAF battery cells With a recent YouTube video (available below), Nissan has announced that they have produced over 11 million Nissan LEAF battery cells – roughly half of the auto industry’s global production. With … Continue reading →

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IBM, Honda, and Pacific Gas & Electric evaluate smart grid

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Pilot program looks to evaluate potential EV interaction with smart grid IBM has announced a partnership with American Honda and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to evaluate a pilot program to look at communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the … Continue reading →

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First of 400 DC Quick Chargers arrive in Europe

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

Key transportation corridors to be initial installations Nissan Europe has announced the arrival of 400 free 400 volt DC quick chargers to be installed in major transportation corridors across Europe. We first wrote of Nissan’s intent to deliver these units … Continue reading →

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Nissan spills some future LEAF info

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Ernie Hernandez

From a webchat with a Nissan exec Mark Perry, Nissan’s Product Planning guy, participated in a webchat last week on Facebook to answer questions directly from participants. If you missed it (as we did) you can review the entire contents … Continue reading →

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