Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Volvo Trucks North America is working with the University of Minnesota (UMN) to conduct extreme weather testing for its Class 8 VNR Electric model to analyze the impact of ambient temperature on a truck’s battery life.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 15, 2024

As the world builds more and more electric cars and trucks—and electrifies other modes of transit—a race is underway to build the ideal, mean-and-green motor. Ayman El-Refaie, Marquette University Now a sleeper option, synchronous reluctance motors , is getting a surge of interest, thanks to materials-science breakthroughs at GE Aerospace.

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Motor Motors Motoring Universal 128

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2021

MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” Kumar Texas A&M University College Station “For seminal contributions to the modeling, analysis, and design of wireless networks.”

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Cars That Think

MARCH 17, 2023

Alexander Gabay, a researcher at the University of Delaware, states flatly: “I am skeptical that any non-rare-earth permanent magnet could be used in a synchronous traction motor in the near future.” It was a stunning disclosure, which left most experts in permanent magnetism wary and perplexed. No one fully understands this,” he reports.

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Motor Motors Motoring Minneapolis 105

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Koopman led a landmark 17-person trial that tested whether modulating the nervous system’s electrical-signaling patterns could tamp down inflammation and joint pain in RA. Robroek is also an outlier, though. Robroek was one of only a handful who achieved appreciable and sustained reductions in disease severity, according to the 2016 paper.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. Palo Alto’s electrical distribution system was built for the electric loads of the 1950s and 1960s , when household heating, water, and cooking were running mainly on natural gas.

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Grid United States Charging Gas-Electric 118

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing. Meanwhile, the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in car sharing services could be one way for automakers to promote this technology that is still struggling for traction in the marketplace.

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