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Eyeing Battery Afterlife, Nissan Holds Tight to LEAF Leasing

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Submitted by madhu on Mon, 2009-09-07 15:12

Lithium-ion batteries have a limited number of charge cycles in electric vehicles, but once a car's battery pack goes kaput, it can be recycled or find new life in less demanding applications - storing renewable energy generated during off-peak hours, for example. At least that's the theory.

thesaurus: 
Advanced Vehicle Technology
Electric
Zero Emissions Vehicles
Renewable Energy
Batteries
Energy
Auto Industry
Main Topic: 
Industry
Name of the Newspaper: 
Planet Ark (Australia)
Mark Content Private(Internal): 
Clipping Type: 
DNB
External URL: 
http://www.planetark.com/enviro-news/item/54549
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Publication Date: 
07/09/2009