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Mar 11, 2013
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Green Car Congress: Renault to supply 2,000 ZOE and 100 Fluence Z.E. electric vehicles to UGAP over 3 years

Renault has won the “Versatile 4-seater electric vehicle” and “Compact electric sedan” contracts in a new call for bids launched by Union des Groupements d’Achats Publics (UGAP, a public procurement group) in France. 2,000 Renault ZOE (earlier post) and 100 Renault Fluence Z.E. (earlier post) vehicles will be ordered over three years. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Mar 10, 2013
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Tesla speeding up to repay DOE Loan five years early by 2017

Tesla Motors announced a plan to speed up repayment of their DOE loan, cutting the time in half. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Mar 8, 2013
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Tesla speeding up to repay DOE Loan five years early by 2017

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Dec 22, 2012
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Ford’s Key Life Battery test for Li-ion batteries simulates 10 years, 150K miles in 10 months, under different conditions

Leveraging some 20 years of experience and data reaching back to its early work with hybrids and the Ranger EV, Ford has developed a battery model and life validation protocol it now uses to predict how lithium-ion batteries are likely to perform under 10 years and 150,000 miles of use (40-season equivalent key life tests). …
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Dec 15, 2012
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Ford Stress Tests Its Batteries Reliably For Ten Years

After simulating 10 years worth of battery use, Ford proves its battery technology is up for the job. See what the company is doing to make Lithium Ion more reliable. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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Dec 14, 2012
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LI-ION KING: NEW FORD TEST FOR HYBRID VEHICLE BATTERIES SIMULATES 10 YEARS OF USE IN 10 MONTHS’ TIME | Newspress

Ford is putting the equivalent of 10 years and 150,000 miles of wear and tear on hybrid vehicle batteries using a new lab test that takes less than a year to complete.   Ford designed a new test – the Key Life Test – specifically for its new lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries, drawing on more than …
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