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	<title>GM-VOLT : Chevy Volt Electric Car Site &#187; Research</title>
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		<title>Study Doubts One Million Plugins by 2015 will be Achieved</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama has stated and restated that it is the goal of his administration to put one million plugin cars on US roads by 2015. It is both ambitious and hopeful, and according to a new academic report, unlikely. The 80 page blue-ribbon study was published by the school of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Invests in Advanced Lithium Battery Startup Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently GM announced it had obtained a licensing agreement with Argonne National Labs to use its new advanced technology cathode material for lithium ion batteries.  That compound would allow for up to double the energy density of the current Chevy Volt battery pack.  Supplier LG Chem was also given access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Measures Benefit on Range of Preconditioning Electric Cars</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 12:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chevrolet Volt has at its disposal the ability to thermally pre-condition the cabin using grid-supplied electricity while it is plugged in. This feature is useful both in hot and cold days to turn on the AC or heat respectively. In the Volt the owner can turn on the cabin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Applies for Patent for Lithium-ion Battery Cell Refurbishing System</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the problems inherent in electric cars is the fact that their batteries degrade. Lithium-ion cells work best when they are new, but over time their ability to hold a charge continually lessens. GM estimates the Volt battery will degrade by 10 to 30% after 8 years/100,000 miles. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Percent of US Carbuyers Could Afford a Chevy Volt</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lyle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, and increasing at an ever-quickening pace, various research firms and other pundits publish prognostications of how many electric cars people will buy in the future. Of course no one can predict the future, but electrifying the automotive fleet has tremendous cost associated with it, and automakers need [...]]]></description>
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