Cars That Think
JUNE 12, 2023
Electric cars need lots of batteries, laptops need lots of batteries. So there’s strong competition for the materials, especially if electric cars become more and more popular.” That’s why interest in unconventional solutions for energy storage has taken off in recent years. But the space is still young.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The batteries get charged when power is cheap; when there's low wind and no sun, energy prices may start to spike, and the batteries can discharge the power back into the grid, balancing the constant change of supply and demand, and trading on the difference to make a business. That would be something to reckon with.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2014
By contrast, in solid-electrode batteries such as those commonly found in cars and mobile devices, the power conversion hardware and energy capacity are packaged together in one unit and cannot be decoupled. The design permits larger amounts of energy to be stored at lower cost than with traditional batteries. —Michael J.
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
It comes upon us when we have barely started ripping out our gas boilers to make way for the expensive and inefficient heat pumps the Government is telling us to buy, or building the costly new power stations that will be needed to charge the electric cars we will all soon require. This was plain wrong. Gas is the only answer.
Charged EVs
AUGUST 2, 2023
Q&A with electric truck expert Rustam Kocher Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles make up a small fraction of the vehicles on the road, but they generate a disproportionate amount of pollution. Furthermore, the case for electric trucks and buses would seem to be an easy one to make. What happens when we plug in 1.2-megawatt
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Home Business Industry Sectors Engineering MY PROFILE SHOP JOBS PROPERTY CLASSIFIEDS From The Sunday Times April 19, 2009 Slow start for charge of the electric cars Ray Hutton Electric cars need a boost. Car buyers were less enthusiastic.
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