GE to Expand Battery Start-Up in New York's Capital Region


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Jul 10, 2012

Commits additional $70MM investment to double capacity, adding 100 more jobs; Announces order for 6,000 breakthrough batteries

Electric Sports Cars Are Coming

Most people associate electric powertrains with vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf — practical engineering marvels that are about as exciting as wet tofu. But electric motors can produce stupendous amounts of torque for some serious get-up-and-go. For the most part, prices for cars with that kind of grunt are still in rarified territory, but that's starting to change as the technology evolves and more competition arrives. Here's how fast and far you can go without a single gallon of gas.