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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Electric Cars

DIY Electric Car

Unlike our fuel powered cars, these cars work on electric motors which basically rely on electrically charged batteries to function. All you have to do to power it up is charge its batteries and you''re good to go! Electric energy produced by thermal, wind, hydro or solar power plants do not cause any pollution either.

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Bosch Powers the Automotive Sector Toward an Electrified Future

Cars That Think

Their gleaming galleries feature many historic and influential cars, almost all of them powered by petroleum-fueled internal combustion (IC) engines. Many of the electric vehicles available today have familiar brand names, but under the hood, these cars often rely on the technology and expertise of outside suppliers.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia EV6

Clean Fleet Report

Kia has been one of the leaders in value-priced EVs over the last few years, but their offerings had been based on vehicles that started life as conventional internal combustion cars. The EV6 has an EPA range of up to 310 miles and quick charging rates due to its cutting edge 800-volt architecture. Our EV6 charged its 77.4

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. slow charge. References.

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How to improve EV traction motor efficiency

Charged EVs

Regular readers of Charged don’t need to be told that the typical EV drivetrain is way more efficient from battery to wheels than its ICE-based equivalent, but it is perhaps less well-known that the approximate drivetrain efficiency ranges from 75-90% for the EV to a rather less impressive 20-35% for the ICE vehicle.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

Green Car Congress

Gas tubes switch without mechanical motion by transitioning the internal gas between its ordinary insulating state and a highly conductive gas plasma. The transistors will scale to high voltage while offering up to 10 times lower losses compared to commercial silicon-based transistors available today.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

Green Car Congress

lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. would supply the growing market of wind turbine generators and. copper and insulation layer by layer, instead of winding wires. temperature ranges similar to internal combustion engines. similar to a battery, yet can charge and discharge much more.

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