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Personal: My Ongoing EV Adventure

Clean Fleet Report

The market has grown tremendously over the last decade and a half, so today there is a range of choices, and it will just get better with time. My story begins in 2011, when, as an auto writer, I tested the Nissan Leaf for a week. In 2016, the only real long-range EV solution was the Tesla Model S, and it was big and expensive.

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Electric-car charging: The basics

Baua Electric

2023 Nissan Ariya at EVgo charging station L1, L2, and L3 AC and DC charging breaks out into a range of rates, which leads to another way to describe the types of charging: Level 1 (L1), Level 2 (L2), and Level 3 (L3). Tesla, for instance, points to up to 44 miles of range recovered per hour from its Wall Connector.

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Ford unveils C-MAX Solar Energi concept; “plug-in” hybrid not dependent on electric grid can fully recharge from sun

Green Car Congress

Ford Motor Company announced the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a sun-powered hybrid vehicle that can deliver the efficiency of a plug-in hybrid without depending on the electric grid for recharging. C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, which will be shown at the 2014 International CES in Las Vegas, is a collaborative project of Ford, SunPower Corp.

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Volvo Car Group exceeds 600,000 vehicles sold on the CMA platform

Green Car Congress

Due to its modular design, the platform was used to create the Lynk & Co 01, 02, 03 and 05, as well as the pure electric 2020 Polestar 2 and Volvo’s first all-electric model, the XC40 Recharge. The CMA platform is the foundation for the new Volvo XC40 Recharge; the first of Volvo’s fully-electric Recharge range.

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Delphi introduces A/C recharging stations with a patented manifold for efficient refrigerant recovery

Green Car Congress

As the price of R134a refrigerant continues to rise, Delphi has introduced four air conditioning (A/C) recharging stations to its service portfolio that utilize an efficient method of recovering as much refrigerant from the car as possible to help garages lessen their refrigerant costs, while helping to protect the environment.

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New Lithium rechargeable semi-solid flow cell offers energy densities an order of magnitude greater than previous flow batteries; possible applications in transportation and grid-scale storage

Green Car Congress

The SSFC could enable new models such as transportation ‘fuels’ tuned for power versus range, or cold versus warm climates, with flexible refueling and recycling options. 2011), Semi-Solid Lithium Rechargeable Flow Battery. Scheme of the semi-solid flow cell (SSFC) system using flowing lithium-ion cathode and anode suspensions.

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Ricardo and partners developing new EV and extended range EV technology demo platform for larger segment vehicles

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The first will see the vehicle converted from its respective conventional powertrain into a simple battery electric vehicle (BEV) incorporating efficiency optimized control strategies within the framework of a simple architecture based on conventional 3kW recharging rate.