General Electric unveils dual-battery system for larger electric vehicles

EVs as we know them today, are really expensive, and tend to burn huge holes in our pockets. This is probably why not a lot of people have turned to the car of the future yet, instead sitting behind the wheel of a bunch of gas guzzlers. General Electric have come across with a technology breakthrough, a bus using a dual-battery system that will help pull down the costs of larger electric vehicles. Using a lithium-ion pack with a sodium metal halide battery, the system is a whole 20 percent less expensive than a comparable single-battery setup. Part of a $13-million research project put on under the guidance of the Federal Transit Administration, the Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium and the National Fuel Cell Bus Program, this dual-battery bus will sure help bring a load of electric buses on the road in future.

We applaud GE for their efforts in turning our modes of transport green!
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