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Producing the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL fuel-cell SUV

Green Car Congress

At the same time the assembly stage is documented and archived. The test procedure for the electrical insulation and resistances, designed for an operating voltage of 400 volts, is a high-voltage test with 2150 volts. This is updated in real time, as tools linked by WLAN are used in the assembly process.

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EV charging is changing, Part 2: No, NACS is not today’s Tesla connector

Charged EVs

This is crucial for the growing number of makers whose EV batteries can charge at 800 volts at rates up to 350 kilowatts, since the current generation of Superchargers maxes out at about 250 kW. Most importantly, it switches from a low-voltage/high-current mix to one with higher voltages but lower currents.

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Special Guests at an LA Rally

Revenge of the Electric Car

was also spotted, along with author and radio personality Richard Greene, LA’s mayor, members of NRDC, The Sierra Club, Heal the Bay, and more. Two guests of honor also included a GM Chevy Volt and a plug-in Prius also powered by algae. Also in attendance and documenting the day was Huffington Post journalist Jennifer Grayson.

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Explosion and Fire on GOM Deepwater Drilling Rig

Green Car Congress

A Coast Guard MH-65C dolphin rescue helicopter and crew document the fire aboard the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, while searching for survivors 21 April 2010. The names and hometowns of injured persons are being withheld until family members can be notified.

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Roll Your Own All-Sky, Raspberry Pi Camera

Cars That Think

My next thought was that if I had a bearing on that luminous streak, and if at least one other person in my region also had such information, we might be able to triangulate on it and narrow down where any landing zone might be. James Provost I fired everything up—but the camera didn’t work at all. Still no images, though.

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The Vacuum Tube’s Forgotten Rival

Cars That Think

Four hundred experts sifted through billions of pages of documents and shipped 3.5 ATX standard for personal computers required a carefully regulated 3.3-volt volt power supply. What did the Third Reich’s engineers know that had eluded the Americans? After the war, U.S. In the mid-1990s, the.

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Road Trips: How to Plan an Accessible Getaway

Baua Electric

As a disabled, chronically ill, neurodivergent person, I take road trips every year and have learned some tips and tricks along the way. The hotels have been reviewed in person by trained assessors; only those that meet the criteria are listed. Compressor coolers are more expensive but maintain normal refrigerated temperatures.

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