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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

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For their statistical analyses, the researchers made use of anonymized data that vehicle drivers had voluntarily reported to online portals such as Spritmonitor in Germany and MyMPG in the United States. Plug-in hybrid vehicles often are not recharged regularly, which implies driving is often performed on the combustion engine.

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Fujitsu and RESC collaborate on infrastructure to support electric scooters; consolidated cloud-based management of battery information

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Under this agreement, the portable cassette-type secondary batteries used in RESC’s electric scooters and the charging lockers that recharge them will be managed and analyzed by Fujitsu’s cloud service that employs location data, the Fujitsu Intelligent Society Solution SPATIOWL.

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Study finds testing the technology the strongest initial motivation for fleet managers adopting EVs

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As such, the theory regarding fleet manager EV adoption should be updated now that the automobiles are available for sale and revealed consumer behavior (empirical data) can be analyzed. EVs face barriers to adoption because they are a radical environmental technology. — William Sierzchula.

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IBM and EKZ partner to make plug-in charging more convenient with new smartphone application

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According to the latest statistics available, approximately 55.6% The project has the potential to contribute to Switzerland’s energy policy goal of increasing the proportion of electricity produced from renewable energy by 5,400 gigawatt hours (GWh), or 10% of the country’s present-day electricity consumption, by 2030.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

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With an available adapter, a Lightning was able to recharge the battery of a Mach-E using that car’s portable charging cord. Drivers may need to recharge every 90 minutes to two hours, but virtually no DC fast-charging sites today offer pull-through layouts for trailer towing. Truck bros approve?

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Argonne Study Examines Impact of Real World Drive Cycles on Efficiency and Cost of Different PHEV Configurations

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For drive cycles, the Argonne team used the Kansas City data collected in 2005 by the US EPA, which instrumented more than 100 drivers and collected their driving statistics for one day. To maximize charge depletion, the engine only provides the requested wheel power without recharging the battery. Optimum engine power strategy.

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DOE releases SBIR/STTR FY16 Phase 1 Release 2 topics; hydrogen, electric vehicles, more efficient combustion engines; biogas-to-fuels

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DOE will reject applications as non-responsive if the proposed technology is high cost; requires substantial infrastructure investments or industry standardization to be commercially viable; and/or cannot accept high power recharge pulses from regenerative breaking or has other characteristics that prohibit market penetration. are desired.

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