November 2nd, 2011 at 1:21 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="attachment_873" align="aligncenter" width="525" caption="This is very good news for electric car conversions"][/caption] By 2012, thousands of new plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles will be filling garages, from expensive factory-built electric ...more »

October 20th, 2011 at 12:24 am » Comments (3)

[caption id="attachment_845" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Lithium Battery Prices for Electric Cars Are Heading South"][/caption] Lithium-ion battery makers have made ambitious investments in new capacity, well ahead of automakers’ commitments to large-scale production ...more »

September 12th, 2011 at 11:37 am » Comments (0)

A common misconception of electric cars and hybrids is that when the car is at the end of it's life, the batteries are dumped in landfill. I've heard this argument ...more »

March 30th, 2010 at 2:00 pm » Comments (2)

[caption id="attachment_353" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="A prismatic LiFePO4 battery. Image courtesy of EV Works Australia www.evworks.com.au"][/caption] Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries are fast becoming the battery of choice for electric vehicle converters. Known ...more »