article thumbnail

A closer look at why heat pumps are dominating EV HVAC systems

Charged EVs

Another trick that can be done with a heat pump (in cabin heating mode, anyway) is to capture the waste heat from the traction inverter, motor, etc, extending the temperature range over which it can operate without resorting to a backup source such as a resistance heater. Read more EV Tech Explained articles.

article thumbnail

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Robust Carbonic Anhydrases for Novel Biological, Sustainable and Low Energy CO2 Scrubbing Process from Waste Gases, $250,000. High-Power Oak Ridge Converter (ORC) for Extreme Fast Charging (XFC) Applications, $750,000. Array Technologies (Albuquerque, New Mexico). Emera Technologies, LLC (Albuquerque, New Mexico).