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German battery could jump-start electric car production

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by ScottY, Dec 10, 2007.

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FRANKFURT (AFP) - German cars are known for strength, speed and high fuel consumption, but a firm in eastern Saxony has designed a lithium-ion battery membrane that could finally make electric cars common.
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Germans were said to be plodding along behind, but batteries made by the a firm called Li-Tec "take up 30 percent less volume than those from Toyota" and "allow you to go three times further for the same weight than French models," said Tim Schaefer, a director of the company in eastern Kamenz.
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