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Plugs and Cars
DECEMBER 27, 2006
The MIT Technology Review reports plug-in hybrids a big 2006 energy story: "The plug-in hybrid-vehicle era begins. For years, hobbyists and a few companies have been adding bigger battery packs to hybrid vehicles, which have both battery power and an internal combustion engine, and plugging them into electrical outlets.
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 1, 2021
MIT ] Among the first electronic mobile robots were the experimental machines of neuroscientist W. Walter studied the brain's electrical activity at the Burden Neurological Institute (BNI) near Bristol, England. The smart hand is soft and elastic, weighs about half a pound, and costs a fraction of comparable prosthetics. [ Grey Walter.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 16, 2021
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere: in smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles, and even in your wristwatch. Lithium-ion batteries, by contrast, use organic liquids as electrolytes, which heightens the risk of batteries catching on fire.) The startup is backed by Japanese automotive parts maker Musashi Seimitsu ).
Cars That Think
JUNE 4, 2022
The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. So almost everyone who joined PARC in its formative years had a different idea of what the center’s charter was. This had its advantages. Systems research requires building systems,” he said.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Focusing on all-electric, Nissan-Renault partnership with Better Place for EVs.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0
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