All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Coal power?" We've discussed before the issue of how clean electric cars really are when you take into consideration the source of the electricity you use to charge them - they're only as clean as the grid powering them. It's usually one of the first things EV dissenters bring up. Yeah, but where does the electricity come from, hmm?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2016

Estimated difference in life cycle GHG emissions (gCO 2 eq mi −1 ) of selected plug-in electric vehicles (2013 Nissan Leaf BEV, 2013 Chevrolet Volt PHEV, and 2013 Prius PHEV) relative to selected gasoline vehicles (2010 Prius HEV and 2014 Mazda 3). Chevy Volt PHEV (EREV). —Yuksel et al. Yuksel et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2011

Energy loss that occurs during power conversion is equivalent to the daily output of 318 coal plants, and costs the US economy $40 billion per year. Transphorm’s Total GaN-based Boost Converter operating at over 99% efficiency at 400 Volts demonstrates this for the first time. —Primit Parikh, President of Transphorm.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2022

Greenhouse gas emissions will certainly grow too, because India’s energy generation is dominated by fossil fuels—coal-fired power plants for electricity, coal- and gas-fired furnaces for industrial heating, liquid petroleum gas for cooking, and gasoline and diesel for transportation. costs less than fossil-fuel-based electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2014

In late 2013, GM joined with Detroit Renewable Energy to announce a renewable energy project to turn solid municipal waste from the metropolitan Detroit area into process steam that will be used to heat and cool portions of Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, home of the Chevrolet Volt.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Fast neutrons—that is, ones with 1 megaelectron-volt or more of kinetic energy—split the plutonium atoms, releasing secondary neutrons that are captured by the U-238 and convert some of that U-238 into plutonium. But when bombarded with neutrons, U-238 is readily transformed into an isotope that can: plutonium-239.

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Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 2, 2022

I even got him to buy a Tesla,” said Martinson, explaining that Hirt was an advisor and co-producer of the ARP film, Nation in Transition , an examination of the coal-to-renewables transition on the Navajo Nation and across northern Arizona. Paul Hirt, became a close friend. It just needed a visionary entrepreneur to make it happen.”

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Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

It’s very similar to the infrastructure for electric cars because the idea, ultimately, for electric cars is that you also are revamping your grid to facilitate, whatchamacallit, intermittent renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, because having an electric car that runs off a coal-fired power plant is defeating the purpose, essentially.

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 11, 2008

for years, if ever, it would be the first plug-in to be commercially available—allowing BYD to steal a march on General Motors ( GM ), which is expecting to launch the Chevrolet Volt in 2010. WN : What about the argument that cars fueled by electricity from a coal-fired power plant ultimately are as polluting as cars using fossil fuels?

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EV Info

MARCH 26, 2021

The standard unit of electrical power is the watt, which is defined as a current of one ampere, at a voltage of one volt. More simply, volts x amps = watts. In the UK, the standard wall socket delivers 240 volts. Your power comes from the grid as 240 Volts AC. A quick note on power compared to energy. Tons of CO2. .

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

The Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf will lead the way, with others manufacturers including Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota, and Tesla planning to introduce their electric cars sometime between 2011 and 2012. On Volt and Leaf. Late this year, a new wave of electric vehicles will begin to arrive on the U.S. Better Cars ….

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

In some locations, grid-scale peaking applications have already been implemented, often in old coal power plants, re-using the building and grid connections. Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

For the study, the researchers used the Nissan LEAF and Chevrolet Volt as representative of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, respectively. The second highest state subsidies ($6000) are in Colorado, part of the WECC region where the LEAF is likely lower emitting than the Prius and the Volt may be higher or lower.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The three-point, 400-volt plug, which will allow electric cars to be recharged anywhere in a matter of minutes , will be unveiled Monday at the world’s biggest industrial technology fair in Hanover, northern Germany. is a Green Options Media Production.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. and Chrysler.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

You can fill it up at the gas station, and you can plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The GREET 1.6

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Chevrolet next year will introduce the Volt, a plug-in hybrid electric car. The Volt runs on an electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery pack, but also has an onboard gasoline-powered charging system to help extend the cars range when a charging station isnt available. Source: Nissan North America Inc.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

ultra You might also like: Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More The Chinese BYD F3DM, First Mass Produced Electric Car, Fails with Consumers GM Ditches Volt for Geo Metro Hybrid? other better transmission systems will be a lark! is a Green Options Media Production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. On the face of it, this experiment would suggest that the all-electric car, which does have a greater electric range, contributed 400 more e-miles than the Volt.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric Cars and The Volt Can Transform America and the Auto Industry TODAY!!! By Seth Leitman Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Electrifying Times gave me the opportunity to attend a General Motors press event showing off the Volt back in late 2008 after just releasing the book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 2nd Edition. How Does It Work?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

According to reports from Chinese media picked up by AutoblogGreen and GM-Volt today, BYD has sold just 80 F3DM units in four months. That would put the F3DM well below GM’s $40,000 Chevy Volt and competitive with Honda’s 2010 Insight, expected to have a base price of just under $20,000. and EU buyers.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric cars the world over to be recharged anywhere, regardless of which recharging station they stop at.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 4, 2021

I ordered a controller from a company in California, which used a single power Darlington transistor, and 4 deep cycle 12-volt batteries.” They had created two new natural gas units to replace the older coal-fired units. “I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. See Chevy Volt for latest. Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. I want to stick around to see the Volt come to market.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Chevys volt is exactly what a family with kids would need, as is the Tesla model S, and yea, theyre both pricey. Sorry, but electrics and electric power plants are so efficient that CO2 emissions are less than gassers even when the electricity comes from coal - and a lot of electricity doesnt come from coal.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11. railways replacing cars and trucks, weatherizing homes, etc.),

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

While home charging will make use of the standard 110-volt wall outlets in your home, fast-charging stations, which currently are used to power industrial forklifts and airport ground equipment around the world, will use the power supply commonly found at commercial locations.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYDs plug-in, called the F3DM (for "dual mode"), goes farther on a single charge - 62 miles - than other electric vehicles and sells for about $22,000, less than the plug-in Prius and much-hyped Chevy Volt are expected to cost when they hit the market in late 2010.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The new plug-in vehicle will be able to exceed highway speed limits, go 100 miles on a charge and recharge in four to eight hours using a 220-volt line, similar to those for clothes dryers, said Mark Perry, director of product planning for Nissan North America. Nissan plans to roll out the car in 12 to 15 markets next year, Perry said.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival From Carbon Footprints to Water Footprints Are Old Tires Fuel or Solid Waste?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Newly installed CEO Fritz Henderson argues that pioneering projects like the Volt typically lose money until the technology catches on. "The Volt is a case study. " In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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