Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL. The 100 battery-driven electric Mercedes-Benz Vito E-CELL vans ( earlier post ) in use in Berlin and Stuttgart have covered 650,000 km (404,000 miles). The electric engine, power electronics, converter and AC/DC charger are housed beneath the hood. Click to enlarge.

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Mercedes Fleet Stimulus Package MPH 231

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Only PHEVs and battery EVs get cleaner as they get older - because the electric grid gets cleaner every decade.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

Basically, the input AC voltage is converted to DC, and then that DC is “chopped” into a high-frequency alternating-current square wave. The semiconductor first established itself commercially in 2000 in the markets for light-emitting diodes and semiconductor lasers. But GaN Is Gaining GaN brings its own unique advantages.

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Green Conversion Power Powered 98