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MOTEGI, Japan (Reuters) - The head of Honda Motor Co said there could be plenty of demand for battery-powered electric cars, making the strongest endorsement yet of the technology that his predecessor had long shunned as impractical and unrealistic.

From www.caradvice.com.au, by Brett Davis, October 27th, 2010

An all-electric Audi A2 set a new single-charge distance record in Germany yesterday, driving from Munich to Berlin on one charge, achieving a distance of 600km.

The electric vehicle was developed by Lekker Energie and DBM Energy using the Audi A2 as a basis and light weight batteries. According to reports the car is powered by ultra light weight lithium metal-polymer batteries, which are said to be more powerful, more efficient and lighter than conventional EV batteries.

Electric Car News | admin | September 1, 2010 at 12:56 am

Worldwide adoption of both plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) as well as electric vehicles (EVs) will grow quickly over the next five years, the new study suggests.