Cars That Think
DECEMBER 31, 2023
A real corker, and the answer to the question, what generates electricity but isn’t a dynamo or a fuel cell? Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs A window-mounted air-conditioning system includes an electric heat pump for heating. Now imagine a battery that can last through tens of thousands of charge-discharge cycles.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 30, 2022
Separately, the Lianghekou hydropower station in Tibet is also set to come fully online in 2023, and is expected to generate a whopping 11 terawatt-hours of electricity annually (roughly the energy consumption of Lithuania). The series would consist of two races lasting 30 minutes apiece, with no battery swaps or charging allowed.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 18, 2022
In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours. At the time the Minister of Energy was pushing Europe’s grid regulators to rapidly expand capacity limits for Ukrainian electricity exports. “We
EV Adoption
MARCH 15, 2021
The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. Honda of America sales chief Dave Gardner told reporters one of the electric SUVs will be from the Honda brand, while the other will be an Acura.
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