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Proposed California Bill SB-233 Mandates Bidirectional Charging for EVs to Advance Grid and Climate Protection

Driivz

The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. California, the EV adoption and clean energy leader in the U.S.,

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Voltage surge and transient suppression in EV chargers

Charged EVs

The surge current drawn during turn-on stores energy in the inductance of the distribution network, and this is released once the motor comes up to speed. Clamping devices automatically reset after a surge event, then, but have to withstand extremely high peak wattages (from the product of their high breakdown voltage and the surge current).

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NIU’s newest electric scooters arrive at EICMA 2021

Green Authority

The model featured at the event showcased a single-speed belt-drive and a 250W Bafang hub motor setup; however, the model coming to North America will likely have a 500W motor instead. This totals to 5,184 Wh of stored energy. Read more: The best cheap electric mopeds. It retains the same 70 km range as its predecessor.

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Voltage surge and transient suppression in EV chargers – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The surge current drawn during turn-on stores energy in the inductance of the distribution network, and this is released once the motor comes up to speed. Clamping devices automatically reset after a surge event, then, but have to withstand extremely high peak wattages (from the product of their high breakdown voltage and the surge current).

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

Cars That Think

After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit combined with some optimistic assertions made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , many roboticists tuned in to the event livestream (or attended in person) to see what Tesla’s approach to humanoid robotics would turn out to be. BACK TO TOP ↑ ]. Dennis Hong. Professor, UCLA.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. I wrote a list of about 30 or 40 events like this over the last 50 years where, it was going to be the next big thing.

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Alternatives to permanent magnet motors in EV traction applications

Charged EVs

In my very first article for Charged over 10 years ago, I opined that the Switched Reluctance Motor , or SRM, would eventually come to dominate the EV traction market, if for no other reason than the fact that it is almost as cheap as dirt to manufacture.

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