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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Cars That Think

They gradually lose capacity with each discharge and recharge cycle, and they can be fire hazards. Batteries have a powerful spigot, but that comes at the cost of a small tub. Getting a 100 percent decarbonized grid is nothing but an optimization problem.”—Matthew

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Initial Results of UK EV Driver Study Show Increased Confidence and Low Cost Recharging

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The average cost to trial participants for recharging at home is between 25p and £1 (US$0.40 This provides sufficient charge for between 20-40 miles of travel at a cost of between 40p to £1, depending on the tariff. The low cost of ‘refuelling’ in relatively short periods of time reinforce this. and $1.60) per day.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid. rechargeable battery?technology?that

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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Infrastructure, recharging and business models. The impact from plug-in electric vehicles on the grid could be very substantial. One the issues for PG&E is the impact of peak demand on the grid. During the question and answer session, Darbee said that utilities have to “ walk before we run ” with the smart grid.

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EV Guru: Sodium-Ion Batteries are Coming Sooner Than You think!

Plug In India

Rechargeable sodium-ion batteries are similar in construction to lithium-ion ones. Read the C&EN research here Lithium right now is very expensive and Sodium is quite cheap. If the batteries were 30-40% cheaper, that would reduce the costs of EV’s. They both are alkaline metals. First Sodium-Ion EV in 2023?

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

This project is currently at the stage of conducting grid readiness assessments.] If we’re going to hit the numbers we need to hit for fleet adoption, we need as many places for those vehicles to recharge as possible. If Tesla needs to come in and build a charging site, they’ve got to pay for the grid connection.

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Why are some EV chargers more expensive than others?

Green Charging

We do not want to waste money on cheap, low-quality commodities. It’s because a motor drives these vehicles, while the rechargeable batteries provide power to run the engine. Smart charging involves intelligent management of how your EV charges, by connecting it to a grid or a solar pv network. We want to save money.