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Fraunhofer suggests e-scooters as application for its magnesium hydride paste hydrogen storage technology

Green Car Congress

POWERPASTE (left); POWERPASTE cartridge (middle); portable 100 W power supply unit (right). POWERPASTE stores hydrogen in a chemical form at room temperature and atmospheric pressure to be then released on demand, said Dr. Marcus Vogt, research associate at Fraunhofer IFAM. Source: Fraunhofer IFAM.

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Proposed California Bill SB-233 Mandates Bidirectional Charging for EVs to Advance Grid and Climate Protection

Driivz

The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. SB-233 covers school buses as well so they can power V2B and fleet depots use cases.

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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

Clean Fleet Report

Even a policy with cheap rates can provide some coverage in case of an emergency. Keep your EV Battery Charged. Driving an electric vehicle has obvious advantages in terms of fuel efficiency, but it also comes with an important responsibility: keeping the battery charged. Warm your EV Before You Hit the Road.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

With PHEVs at their most fuel-saving at low speeds, this ensures you don’t exhaust your battery before reaching built-up areas with slower traffic and more stop-starts. The Outlander will always prioritise using battery power first, so remembering to hit that SAVE button is imperative if you don’t want to exhaust it.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. If too much or too little electricity is present in the power grid, the network can suddenly become unbalanced. Utilities reconsidered batteries, not as stationary units but in EVs. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Both the battery and the fuel cell use chemical reactions to produce electricity. More significantly it must be realized that hydrogen, just like a battery, is not an energy source in itself, but simply a means of storing energy. Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. A Fiat-based battery powered small car is slated for production shortly after the Circuit, according to Chryslers viability plan.