Charged EVs

APRIL 12, 2023

In my very first article for Charged over 10 years ago, I opined that the Switched Reluctance Motor , or SRM, would eventually come to dominate the EV traction market, if for no other reason than the fact that it is almost as cheap as dirt to manufacture.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 25, 2024

The surge current drawn during turn-on stores energy in the inductance of the distribution network, and this is released once the motor comes up to speed. This article originally appeared in Issue 66: October-December 2023 – Subscribe now. The most obvious example of this is when a motor is switched on or off.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

This article may contain affiliate links. Even a policy with cheap rates can provide some coverage in case of an emergency. It’s also possible to take advantage of public charging stations or charging programs offered by certain retail stores. How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV. Keep your EV Battery Charged.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

The surge current drawn during turn-on stores energy in the inductance of the distribution network, and this is released once the motor comes up to speed. This article originally appeared in Issue 66: October-December 2023 – Subscribe now. The most obvious example of this is when a motor is switched on or off.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce.

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

This obviously weighs heavily on any onboard devices, like the inverter and DC-DC converter, but is less of a concern for something like a DC fast charger. By far the most common example of passive humidity control is the humble packet of silica gel, which is so cheap it can be included in a disposable bag of beef jerky.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Oleg: The Combined Charging System is a system that spans from single-kilowatt AC all the way to 500 kilowatts DC. Charged : We recently spoke with a company called Rocsys [see our feature article in this issue], that has developed a robotic automated charging system. Charged : Tell us more about the Megawatt Charging System.

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