Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

The hydrogen storage system Sandia designed for GM. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully designed and demonstrated key features of a hydrogen storage system that utilizes a complex metal hydride material—sodium alanate. The design also aids in the packaging of the system to fit on board a vehicle.

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Hydrogen GM Sodium Albuquerque 186

Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

To bring all of this into a concrete example, I’ll use the specs from the window AC unit in my shop: it’s rated at 6,000 BTU on the box (though the data label does correctly refer to “BTU / hr”) and consumes 5.1 A at 115 VAC, or 586 W, which works out to a COP of 3.0

Gas-Electric 92

Gas-Electric Waste Gas All-Electric 92

Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2021

In my research at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, I study the brains of one of these larger insects, the dragonfly. By harnessing the speed, simplicity, and efficiency of the dragonfly nervous system, we aim to design computers that perform these functions faster and at a fraction of the power that conventional systems consume.

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Design Albuquerque Connect Connected 145