Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
Dominion Virginia Power has added two plug-in electric hybrid cars and two hybrid-powered bucket trucks to its fleet as part of its efforts to determine the impact of plug-in vehicles on electricity demand and to find ways to conserve energy and reduce vehicle emissions. A Dominion PHEV Prius and hybrid bucket truck. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JULY 15, 2011
However, notes Virginia Tech Prof. Conceptual hybrid power train system including on-board sugarto-hydrogen converter, PEM fuel cell and rechargeable battery. When extra kinetic energy is needed for acceleration or start-up, electrical energy stored in the rechargeable battery would be released, as in a hybrid electric vehicle.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2012
is an all-new vehicle that will achieve high fuel economy results by retaining the same attributes of ultra-light weight and extremely low aerodynamic drag in a four-passenger vehicle. The battery pack fully recharges in less than 7 hours, using regular household 110V outlet. The VLC 4.0 Click to enlarge. Needing only a 10.5
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2009
The next-generation design predicts a 300% increase in fuel economy over the production 4-cylinder vehicle. Two of the teams, University of Waterloo and Missouri University of Science and Technology, designed a Fuel Cell Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle which uses an onboard hydrogen fuel cell to either propel the vehicle or recharge a battery pack.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 26, 2009
The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition’s Long Island Regional Energy Collaborative Promoting a Green Economy through Clean Alternatives. Total DOE award: $15,000,000. Total DOE award: $14,999,927.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2009
The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000.
Driivz
MAY 1, 2022
Vehicle to Grid (V2G) is one approach being taken, where stored energy from the electric vehicles is used to power the grid during peak hours, and then the vehicles are recharged during non-peak times. E.ON, a German power company; EDF, based in France; and Italy’s Enel are partnering with Nissan to build V2G networks.
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