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    Creating a Market for Electric Cars

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    Without getting too far into the science of how an electric car works, battery power is a much more efficient use of energy. One of the biggest reasons is because it conserves gasoline. The conservation of gasoline is a great concern for many reasons, one of which is that the amount of money spent on refining oil to produce

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    With new advances in technology the car, the car that is new today, will no longer be a car as good as the one that comes out tomorrow. Big auto makers are coming out with new technology that makes their car better. Some of the inventions include back cameras, electric cars, hydrogen cells, and many more. Each new invention is allowing the car to be different from the original Ford T. With these technology not only is the car getting a different name then before, it is also more efficient than before

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    Scientist and engineers believed that current technology was not advanced enough to produce a lithium-ion battery powered car. That technology was still years away from developing a functional and cost efficient car that could be used regularly in a person’s everyday life. Tesla motors is challenging this notion and have already made huge strides in advancing lithium-ion technology. They currently have released a few different models and are on now working on making an affordable and luxuries car

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    of increasingly affordable electric cars. In October 17th, 2006, Tesla motors was named a recipient of the Global Green USA product/industrial design award for its work in developing the Tesla Roadster, the worlds’ first all-electric, Lithium-ion battery powered sports car. “There couldn’t be a more important time for these innovators,” said Mikhail Gorbachev, President of Green Cross international, Global Green USA’s parent organization, through an interpreter. “Designing a more sustainable and secure

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    Nikola Tesla, the inventor who inspired the company’s name. The result was the launch of the Roadster, a solely electric operated sports car accelerating from 0 to 60mph in 3.7 seconds and achieving a range of 245 miles/charge of its Lithium ion battery. Tesla hereafter expanded its technological advantage to the luxury sedan market with the launch of Model S, a sustainable luxury sedan with zero emission. (www.teslamotors.com/about). Goals “To accelerate the advent of sustainable transport by

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    The element on the periodic table with an atomic number of 3 is an alkali metal. It is a very reactive element and is used in a large number of ways including but not limited too a popular Nirvana song. It is believed to have been created in the first minutes of the universe by the big bang. This element, along with other alakali metals such as sodium and potassium, react drastically with water. Lithium is the least reactive of them. (bbc.co.uk). Being so reactive to water requires it to be stored

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    Group 1 HTrack List of Potential Sources and Guide Part 1 Document Reference: List of Potential Sources and Guide Document Version: 1.0 Date of Issue: 11-Sep-16 Table of Contents 1 PURPOSE 3 2 OVERVIEW 3 3 PRE-REQUISITES 3 4 DEFINITIONS 3 5 ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 3 5.1 PROJECT TEAM 3 6 PART 1 – PROJECT PROPOSAL 4 6.1 OVERALL DESCRIPTION 4 6.2 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE SYSTEM 4 6.3 BENEFITS/ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM…………………………………………………………….....5 6.4 SYSTEM COMPONENTS

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    considered public space. Battery Park City truly supplies all these three environments. Battery Park City is located along the west side of Lower Manhattan. It is

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    however, using gas that is made out of fossil fuel is not a long time term at least not for battery charged cars. According to Charles Murray “People have been working on electrochemical batteries for more than 100 years, and they've made remarkably little progress over that time." Charles Emphasizes that the batteries are getting more advanced on how long they last, because as we all known for years batteries do not seem to last as long when they are used very often. According to tesla’s newest car

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    Although, electric cars are more expensive to buy off the dealership lot they outperform the regular gasoline cars physically and economically. The electric car overall is cheaper to maintain, but unfortunately, after about ten years the lithium ion batteries start to drain out, but instead of buying a brand new car

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