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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

It was one year ago that we decided to add solar panels to our roof. Power companies also use KWh as the base charge unit for billing consumers. In March 2020 we installed 9 solar panels an inverter and 2 battery packs. Panels: JA Solar black. The panels generate DC current that varies with the solar power.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

The Southern California company is looking to speed things up again—this time with record-setting charging stops. Founder Richard Hatfield claims that the company’s Lightning Strike motorcycle can fill its battery from 20 percent to 80 percent in a little over 10 minutes on a Level 3 DC fast charger.

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Fiat unveils 5 new boxy ‘Panda-inspired’ concept cars

Baua Electric

The first new model will be revealed in July, with the company planning to launch a new vehicle every year until 2027. The battery comes with DC charging at up to 85 kW, which adds enough juice for 31 extra miles of range in just five minutes, according to Fiat. It’s free, with no sales calls until you choose an installer.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

And in the last two weeks, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced plans to work with General Motors in experiments with their bidirectional charging technologies. In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. Before cofounding AC Propulsion, Alan Cocconi worked on Sunraycer, a solar-powered car for GM. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup

Plug In India

And we have Ravi & Bhasker who run LoadStar, a Bangalore based company that is into the manufacture of airport tarmac tractors - and port container stackers. ​Did a test ride on the new tractor that the company has started work on. The motor is a 4 kW brush DC motor. acres - with solar panels on the roof.

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Newly launch by Tesla on its Multinational Supercharger for Electric Vehicles

EV Report

The later was Tesla powered Electric Vehicles that were long range and could depend on DC for charging to cover areas that are run by cars that are powered by gas. Tesla owners can use Level 2 to cover the gap in charging and get enough juice to go to the next Supercharger. But Tesla didn’t have an easy task too.