Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.
Creative Greenius
APRIL 25, 2021
Toyota clearly had no love or expertise for pure Battery Electric Vehicles and was only interested in getting credit for a compliance car. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. My brand new battery, made by LG in South Korea, was included in the recall. Displaying and explaining the car at an earth day event.
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. The car was powered by thousands of small lithium batteries,” Pohorsky explained. Richard’s magic sauce has been a battery that is low to the ground.
Blink Charging
MARCH 3, 2022
In 2018, the Blue Switch project was created by Nissan as an initiative to promote the use of electric car batteries as viable resources for issues related to disaster prevention, energy management, climate change, and more. Having a fleet of EVs as backup batteries can help a community bounce back with minimal effort. .
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 16, 2007
While the goal is still a 2010 release, everything hinges on the Lithium battery thought to be the essential heart of the Volt. Must the battery really be lithium to get this radically different automobile off the drawing board and into the showroom? Could Lutz not know the range of an EV1? And there's the rub. Does he mean it?
Green Cars News
AUGUST 10, 2009
The United States Patent and Trademark Office for technology has awarded AeroVironment a patent that facilitates the optimal charging, management, maintenance and control of battery packs, chargers and electric vehicles. Tags: Green cars Latest news AeroVironment battery packs chargers Electric cars GM EV-1 GM Impact.
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 4, 2009
GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. I suspect without some explicit direction from the top, prodded from those of us below, the automakers will do everything to achieve the requirements with conventional vehicles, eschewing the greater near term cost and long-term benefit of transitioning toward plug-in electric drive components and batteries.
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