Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

China's Big Hydro Plans China is in the midst of a gigantic buildup of hydro-energy capabilities. The world’s largest pumped-energy-storage station—a technique that stores energy by pumping it uphill to a reservoir—is set to complete phase two of its construction in 2023.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory. He began researching how solar energy technology worked. Based on what he learned, he and three classmates built a solar-powered 6-kilowatt minigrid that supplied power to about 60 homes in a village.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. ISO RTO operating regions. Click to enlarge. Over a 12-hour period, PEV charging would add 98 MW.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

Power generation by means of braking energy recuperation, where the electric motor plays the role of a generator, works particularly effectively. The electric energy channelled into the high-voltage battery either in this way or when plugged into the power grid also feeds the 12-volt on-board power supply.

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Blink Charging

JULY 28, 2022

More interesting still, China sold more EVs the previous year than the whole world combined in 2019. Every time the charge-discharge process is repeated, the battery loses a little of its capacity to store and generate power. It allows cars to get charged from a power grid and the battery to charge the grid back.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2022

One might argue that the onus of reversing global warming should fall on the developed world, which on a per capita basis consumes much more energy and emits significantly more greenhouse gases. As India’s GDP and per capita income continue to climb, so too will its energy consumption. cents per kilowatt-hour, and wind power to 3.4

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

While a wireless charger saves you from having to connect and disconnect cables repeatedly, the distance over which energy can be delivered this way is quite short. Indeed, it’s hard to recharge or power a device when the air gap is just a few centimeters, much less a few meters. also for vehicles. Naval Research Laboratory.

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Drive Electric

JULY 7, 2022

No matter where you’re driving, you can always be reassured of the distance your EV can traverse by checking your car’s Vehicle Emissions and Energy Economy Label or looking up its estimated range , and using your GPS or Google Maps to calculate the distance of your longer trips ahead of time. MORE EV MYTHS EXPLAINED.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV) are similar to BEVs in that they have an electric-only powertrain, but they store energy differently. FCEVs store hydrogen gas in a tank rather than charging a battery. The fuel cell in FCEVs generates energy by combining hydrogen and oxygen from the air.

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Cars That Think

JULY 29, 2022

Yet, recent evidence suggests that a more opaque threat may also be stalking Ukraine’s four nuclear generating stations: a cloak-and-dagger struggle for control of state nuclear energy firm Energoatom , pitting activist nuclear professionals against alleged Russian agents. President Joe Biden in 2019.

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