Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

2009 BMW Concept ActiveE. The total cost of the plant will exceed $100 million, and some 80 jobs are expected to result. The MegaCity itself will be launched in mid-2013 as a 2014 model, and sold as a “sub-brand&# of BMW for use predominantly in crowded urban areas. By John Voelcker, Senior Editor for GreenCarReports.com.

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Carbon Fiber BMW Carbon Mitsubishi 133

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership. EV battery “second life” system using MINI E vehicle batteries.

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Grid BMW Las Vegas Charging 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

Air can be turned into a liquid by cooling it to around -196 °C using standard industrial equipment; 700 liters of ambient air becomes about 1 liter of liquid air, which can then be stored in an unpressurised insulated vessel. MDI, earlier post ) expand compressed air from an ambient temperature store to create drive.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

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Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2012

As GM expands its electric vehicle line-up next year with the 2014 Chevy Spark EV, more drivers will be able to manage and control electric-only functions from their phone. Because the Spark EV operates only on electricity stored in the battery pack, drivers will need to know if they can reach their destination on a single charge.

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Charging Range GM Connect 271

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Another strikingly different concept evidenced by the PHEV is that it is essentially a large, portable battery that can store energy gathered during one part of the day, and then use it later to power not only itself but also the vehicle owner’s home. More information on e-mile comparisons is given by Reference Nº 2.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

Suppes and his colleagues initially validated their concept of the convection cell using a zinc-alkaline chemistry. For instance, higher power output is possible with the flow (reported to 500 mA/ cm 2 ) of electrolyte when one of the reagents is stored in the electrolyte. In the paper reporting that work (Suppes et al. Resources.

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Batteries Battery 2011 Lead Acid 261

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

From 2014 to 2022, the Puerto Rican power company, PREPA, increased its share of renewable energy from 1.7 The average cost of electricity for commercial users in Puerto Rico is about 29 U.S. The fire station, barber shop, and several grocery stores are all powered by solar energy. percent to 2.8 megawatts to 224.6

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

Basic concept of a fuel cell barge. This, the Sandia team said, is because their multi-megawatt power requirements and potentially long run times would necessitate multiple MW-class fuel cell units and impractically-large stores of hydrogen. Those costs can run up to $5-10 million or more per berth, the study found.

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Fuel Hawaii Hydrogen Honolulu 191

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2015

During the photo-assisted charging process, I − ions are photo-electrochemically oxidized to I 3 − , harvesting solar energy and storing it as chemical energy. However, challenges with hydrogen storage and the cost of fuel cells make those systems complicated and difficult for implementation.

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Solar Li-ion Batteries Battery 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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