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Volvo Working on Storing Energy in a Car’s Body Panels

Posted By on September 28, 2010

volvo battery body panels image

“Imagine a car whose body also serves as a rechargeable battery.”
One of the main challenges with electric cars is that batteries are bulky and heavy. Volvo is trying to solve that problem by turning a car’s body panels into an energy storage device, an idea that, if feasible, would kill two birds with one stone by freeing up space inside the car and making it relatively lighter…. Read the full story on TreeHugger


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