Remove Comparison Remove Concept Remove Personal Remove Store
article thumbnail

Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

Green Car Congress

In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. —Rodney Keith, manager for the advanced concepts group working on the Brayton cycle technology. Any person who controls an electrical grid is very cautious about what you sync to their grid, because you could disrupt the grid.

Grid 396
article thumbnail

“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

EV Adoption

Depending on the person, each of us brings different backgrounds and context to this phrase creating confusion and a lack of clarity in the market. For one, clarity and consistency is critical for sharing statistics and making comparisons. But this close split in interpretation of the term “charging station” is exactly what I expected.

Charging 105
article thumbnail

Road Test: 2024 Nissan Leaf SV Plus EV

Clean Fleet Report

For us, this was the best way to efficiently drive the Leaf SV Plus, increasing the battery charge by converting kinetic energy into electric energy that is then stored in the battery. Driver Technology Advancements Full slate of driver assist technology Nissan has developed advanced driver assist systems (ADAS).

Nissan 61
article thumbnail

First Look: 2024 Ford Ranger and Ranger Raptor

The Truth About Cars

What we found seemed to be a familiar concept with lots of little improvements that added up to something grander than what’s currently on offer. Since we already knew the majority of what Ford had in store for us, those little details mattered. Appetizer followed by entree. It’s little things like that that made the vehicle shine.

Ford 98
article thumbnail

New Mercedes-Benz lab procedure shows MB car filters trap even finest allergenic particles

Green Car Congress

The efficiency of the filter is measured by means of a before/after comparison, with the concentration of allergens before and after the filter being determined. “In The AIR-BALANCE package is optionally available for fragrancing the vehicle interior to suit personal taste. The air quality can also be improved by ionization.

Mercedes 150
article thumbnail

Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). Networks that link personal computers in offices. If it was a personal computer, you had to be able to build 100.” and Toronto, Ont., Laser printers. Frame buffer.

Future 145
article thumbnail

Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

In 1979 the Macintosh personal computer existed only as the pet idea of Jef Raskin, a veteran of the Apple II team, who had proposed that Apple Computer Inc. When you have one person designing the whole computer, he knows that a little leftover gate in one part may be used in another part.” It’ll never work.’

Design 119