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A brief discussion of the history of EV charging technology

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The 6kW Wattstation, introduced in 1910, was the earliest prototype of charging equipment for electric cars, and the mercury rectifier was still used to convert AC to DC. At that time, like today, electric cars were initially toys for the rich and famous, only among the upper class. Corner of Battery Room.

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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Compared with burning coal, natural gas emits about half the carbon dioxide and substantially less soot, mercury and sulfur. Natural gas has also revitalized several domestic industries and reduced the US trade imbalance. US emissions of CO 2 have declined to the level of the mid-1990s. Earlier post.).

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. Holt provided AC and DC voltage and current calibration instruments to all branches of the U.S.

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With this Ruby Laser, George Porter Sped up Photochemistry

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It ran on 110 volts DC supplied by a large army diesel engine that sat on the back of a truck parked outside. George Porter’s flash of insight at a lighting factory On a trip to collect a mercury arc lamp for the searchlight, Porter saw flash lamps being made at a Siemens factory. Porter and Norrish were about to prove him wrong.

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