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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

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This requires simple, easy-to-understand terms without jargon, and that leverage consumer’s existing reference point of the gasoline refueling experience. Below is a simple and typical example of the confusing and inconsistent use of the term “charging station” from a news article shared on Twitter. Charging Station Twitter Poll.

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DIY Car Maintenance Tasks to Try at Home

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This article highlights some DIY car maintenance tasks you can tackle at home.  Conversely, garages can charge $300 or more to replace them. However, knowing how to conduct this repair is key so you may need to refer to specific online guidance notes for the model of your car. Windshield wipers come in a variety of styles.

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NREL researchers capture excess photon energy to produce solar fuels; higher efficiency water-splitting for H2

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Solar-to-chemical energy conversion for energy storage, fuels and feedstocks, particularly to address greenhouse gas emissions, is one of the primary goals for scientists in the field of solar energy generation. A salt bridge connects the two compartments and transports H + and Na +. Click to enlarge. Yong Yan, Ryan W. 1209845.

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Wireless Worries Overshadow Triumphs of RF Research

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IEEE Spectrum carried out its conversation with Foster by email to find out more about why RF exposure assessment research has been such a success, what makes RF dosimetry so difficult, and why public worries about health and wireless radiation never seem to go away. Foster: Risk perception is a complicated business.

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Bootstrap Circuit – High and Low side Mosfet gate driver design

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In this article we will understand the most important topic about the design of bootstrap high side gate driver circuit but before that lets understand its application. But to drive the NPN mosfet for example we need a driver circuit to drive the gate of the N channel mosfet. So the close loop is formed between gate, source, and power supply.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

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Every person we spoke with wanted to talk—to vent, even—and to share conversations they’d had and anecdotes they’d heard from others in the business. Initially, they would connect via adapter cables; ultimately, Ford will build the Tesla receptacle into its future EV models.

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Why Bidirectional Charging is The Next Big Thing for EV Owners

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This article is your lighthouse: it will give you some background on what bidirectional EV charging means and how it works. This conversion is carried out by either the car’s own converter or a converter located in the charger. This means that they can handle the electrical conversion back from DC to AC. But how does this work?

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