Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2021
In response, the lithium-ion battery developers are constantly exploring ways to make these sustainable energy devices more powerful, more robust and faster during recharging cycles. First aid kits were stocked with special treatments that counter the caustic chemicals found in lithium electrolyte solutions.
Cars That Think
JULY 14, 2022
Thanks to the combination of solar cells and lithium batteries, she says, “our boats can operate and travel nonstop for months, without needing refueling or external recharging.” In 2009, the couple cofounded Angus Rowboats , which manufactures rowboats and creates sailboat kits and plans for the recreational market.
Green Car Congress
JULY 16, 2009
SDG&E tested the performance of two 2007-model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids, using a Hymotion 5 kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. California’s electricity capacity could recharge as many as 4 million plug-in hybrids when charged during off-peak hours when electricity use is low.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 10, 2018
Novel materials can considerably improve storage capacity and cycling stability of rechargeable batteries. With HEO, electrochemical properties can be tailored, as was found by scientists at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). An open-access paper on their work is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
In the 1990s, as a mechanical-engineering professor at the University of California here, Dr. Frank produced another shocker. He called his new configuration the "plug-in hybrid" because it allowed homeowners to recharge the car's batteries by plugging into an electrical outlet. Frank, now 72 years old, is getting some traction: A U.S.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 29, 2010
The electric Meriva features electronic controls which permit high power electrical recharging using both a 230-volt single-phase household current as well as 400-volt three-phase AC. KIT will use the first electric Meriva. Opel will use MeRegioMobil to study new intelligent charging technologies.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 25, 2009
They are usually delivery vehicles working within a neighborhood, and are on the road for 6-8 hour a day and are recharged overnight. The Edison is a 3.5 ton 100 miles+ range van and the Newton is 7.5-12 12 ton truck with 100 mile range used by local delivery services and courier services. We would aim to halve that, ” Donaghy said.
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