Cars That Think

JANUARY 10, 2023

Just as tourists in Paris are drawn to the Louvre, visitors to Stuttgart, Germany, also flock to museums displaying the great works of the city. One of these components is the inverter, which changes direct current (DC) from the car’s batteries into alternating current (AC) to power its drive motor (Figure 1).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The Combined Charging System (CCS) enables charging with DC or AC electrical current. A full charge with DC electrical current at a charging column with an output of 150 kW takes just around 50 minutes. This is one example of the intensive development work in the wind tunnel. At speeds from 80 km/h (49.7

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

The German federal government is targeting one million electric vehicles in Germany by 2020. More than 16% of Germany’s electrical needs are already covered by renewable energy sources, and plans are to extend this share to 30% by 2020. sunshine duration, wind strength). These vehicles must be operated sustainably—i.e.,

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 25, 2023

Fast forward to 2014: The bottom of the ocean is home to nearly 300 communications cables, connecting countries and providing internet communications around the world. to the 20,000 km cable that connects Asia with North America and South America. Some wind farms are capable of powering 500,000 homes or more. and Norway.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

In Germany, the Volkswagen Group provides 62% of its own power, with more to come, Thomas said. Some €600 million is to be invested in expanding the use of renewable energies such as wind, solar and hydroelectric power. (At MW of DC power to 7.6 MW of AC power connected to VW’s substation. The Chattanooga Solar Park.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2013

Within the EU, it cites examples from France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. In Germany, for example, consumers bought 2,100 EVs in 2012—less than 0.1 Promote alternatives to high capacity public DC charging. Enthusiasm in some areas has been tempered by slow EV uptake. percent of total car sales.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced ( earlier post ) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe ( earlier post ), the US-spec version of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid will begin arriving in US showrooms in the next few weeks. Just to give an example.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

In the first half of 2020, the proportion of green electricity as a percentage of the total electricity mix in Germany exceeded 50% for the first time. Due to the DC voltage level in the overall grid, the connection between the PV system and the vehicle does not require an inverter and is thus a particularly efficient solution.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The motor and transmission was developed in-house and is made at Volkswagen’s components plant in Kassel, Germany. Like the electric motor and the transmission, the battery was also developed in-house at Volkswagen and is made at the company’s facility in Braunschweig, Germany.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

is going on sale in mid-October, followed by the e-Golf launch in the spring of 2014 (in Germany). At an average electricity price of €0.258 (Germany, July 2013), driving 100 kilometers costs just €3.02 (US$4.00). Via a DC/DC converter it also supplies the vehicle’s circuitry with voltage of 12 V. and the e-Golf.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

With the e-tron services in the Audi connect portfolio, drivers can use their smartphones to control such functions as charging and heating or cooling. Audi connect, which is also standard, connects the Q7 e-tron quattro to the internet via the fast LTE standard. The driver can choose between four modes. “EV”

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EV Central

JULY 5, 2022

Rain is lashing down on the Vosges Mountains near France’s border with Germany. We’re nearing ski-resort altitude on the winding road, and the EQE53 is doing amazing things. The EQE53 can accept up to 170kW of DC charging. Especially on a winding mountain road in the pouring rain. Price : $200,000 (estimated).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." Neutral Kaitou KID @ Apr 19th 2009 4:45PM not if the electricity is from ultra efficient solar panels, hydroelectric dams or wind. Neutral who? @

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

I’d never driven an EV in Germany before. Its 82 kWh battery is rated for 655 km on the very generous WLTP cycle, and it is one of the longest-range EVs on sale in Germany today. Charging is also uprated compared to earlier Polestar 2 models, with 205kW DC charging and a reasonable estimated 10-80% time of 28 minutes.

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