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posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday December 15 2015, @09:22PM   Printer-friendly
from the battery-prices-are-going-up dept.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has predicted that 220,000 to 250,000 electric cars (including plug-in hybrids) will be sold in China in 2015, likely surpassing sales in the United States which was the biggest market last year. According to CAAM, 171,145 such vehicles were sold in the first 10 months of 2015, 2.9 times the number sold during the comparable portion of 2014. Although they are predicted to comprise only 0.9% of the total vehicles sold, electric cars have rapidly grown in popularity, thanks at least in part to incentives by the national, Shanghai, and Beijing governments, which seek to lessen air pollution.

CAAM's secretary-general asked attendees at an automotive conference to pay greater attention to "vehicle safety and the quality of batteries."

In related news, the governor of Nevada announced that the Chinese-backed company Faraday Future, which currently has its office in California, chose North Las Vegas as the site for a factory where electric cars will be made. Nevada offered subsidies worth $335 million to attract the company.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by richtopia on Tuesday December 15 2015, @10:01PM

    by richtopia (3160) on Tuesday December 15 2015, @10:01PM (#276840) Homepage Journal

    Yes.

    The Chevrolet Volt for example is 40-50 mile range (10-17 kWh) depending on model year. For many people you can drive to/from work every day on electric with that setup.

    A Prius (depending on generation) has roughly 1/10th the battery capacity. This decreased capacity also means less current can be drawn from the pack (more cells in parallel means more current), so hard acceleration in a Prius demands the gasoline engine to help out.

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