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Beyond Tesla: Why Your Business Needs Charging Stations Compatible with All Types of EVs

EV Connect

But there are dozens of EV models available today and hundreds more from every major automaker set to hit the roads over the next decade. Meanwhile, GMC is working on the electric Hummer that will be available in SUV and truck models. The Mustang Mach-E is already generating excitement. That’s only the tip of the iceberg.

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How to improve EV traction motor efficiency

Charged EVs

Another approach is to use silver wire rather than copper (or aluminum) for the windings, netting a reduction in resistance of about 7% (or 39% for aluminum), albeit at a tough-to-swallow 100x increase in cost. from high dV/dt), hence the growing use of ceramics for the bearing balls and races. kW of loss at 9,000 RPM.

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Tech: Another Day, Another Battery Breakthrough

Clean Fleet Report

The physics of battery technology has traditionally meant increases in either of the first two categories would negatively impact the third (charging) and potentially the fourth (cost). Underscoring the corporate commitment, Porsche’s head of e-mobility sat in on and endorsed QuantumScape’s announcement.

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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

Furthermore, the batteries in a PHEV are generally smaller than those in any other electric vehicle constructed today and the battery savings in the PHEV from a pure BEV can easily make up for the cost of the small liquid-fueled engine, resulting in a lower-cost production vehicle for mass distribution.

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