Cars That Think
MARCH 18, 2022
Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.)
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. If too much or too little electricity is present in the power grid, the network can suddenly become unbalanced.
The Truth About Cars
OCTOBER 30, 2023
What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? The 1987 Sprint ER came in second place, due to its insatiable thirst for go-go juice on the highway (51 miles per gallon).
Cars That Think
APRIL 4, 2022
And battery bulk alone, especially in monstrously powerful trucks, can be a short route to a relatively inefficient and prohibitively expensive EV. The Hyundai and Kia can also perform vehicle-to-load (V2L) charging, using up to 80 percent of stored energy to power electronics, small appliances, and even another EV, though with a modest 3.6-kW
Blink Charging
MARCH 3, 2022
Many worry about finding a way to get power to an electric vehicle during a natural disaster, but what is not discussed is how electric vehicles can provide power during an emergency. As EV innovations continue they allow homes and businesses to utilize their power to keep services, like heat, working during a natural disaster. .
Plugs and Cars
JANUARY 18, 2010
I only wish GM had the smarts back in the day to have rebranded the EV1 as a Caddy and continued limited run production. More importantly, it is one of the ways to make EVs accessible to those without access to power where they park in urban centers. The first Level III chargers deployed by Etec will offer free juice.
Revenge of the Electric Car
OCTOBER 23, 2008
GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. MIT spinoff A123 was a personal favorite, also Germany’s Continental was in the running, but it was LG Chem subsidiary and Detroit based Compact Power, Inc. URL: [link].
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