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Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: M&N/Alamy Some operators of early direct-current power plants at the turn of the 20th century solved the problem of uneven power output from their generators by employing large banks of rechargeable lead-acid batteries, which served as a kind of buffer to balance the flow of electrons.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
This Christian Science Monitor article takes an in-depth look at an age. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Quote from the article: “Investors, too, are excited. Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price. percent of $1.9
Cars That Think
MARCH 28, 2023
The articles are based on scores of interviews I conducted with managers and engineers in the auto and energy industries, as well as policy experts, academic researchers, market analysts, historians, and EV owners. For example, in January 2023 the sales of EVs in the United States reached 7.83
Charged EVs
JULY 29, 2021
Unfortunately for its US marketers, the Pony was never sold in the United States (though it did appear briefly in Canada). Hyundai says a recharge from 10 percent to 80 percent will take just 18 minutes (under optimal circumstances). This article appeared in Charged Issue 55 – May/June 2021 – Subscribe now.
Get Electric Vehicle
MAY 28, 2022
A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. Also, Global EV sales quadrupled in 2019, while sales in the United States established new highs. Stages in Electrification.
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 22, 2009
The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. But the auto companies hated the CARB rules and never really wanted to sell the cars.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
The potential is enormous because the current grid has sufficient energy capacity to supply every vehicle in the United States if every one of them was a PHEV. Furthermore, even the older version PHEV can recharge at a slow rate using local solar, wind, water-derived or other net zero CO 2 fuel.
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