Green Car Congress
JULY 2, 2021
All four electric machines have to be able to run simultaneously—two for propulsion, one for the range extender to provide extra battery power, and one for electric power takeoff, if fire-fighters want to rotate the foam pump for example. —Giorgio Paris.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 6, 2022
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have created a unique method for further developing hydrofoils that can significantly increase the range of electric vessels and reduce the fuel consumption of fossil-powered ships by 80%. Longitudinal balance of forces on a NACRA 17 foiling catamaran. Giovannetti et al.
Cars That Think
MARCH 16, 2024
Early government investment in charging infrastructure went a long way toward soothing the range anxiety that made car buyers in other places reluctant to make the switch to battery power from gasoline or diesel. Analysts are optimistic that electric vehicle sales will reach the levels necessary to help avert climate disaster.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 7, 2020
The Volta Zero will use 160 - 200 kWh of battery power, and Volta Trucks has selected to fit the vehicle with Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries instead of a Nickel Cobalt Manganese set up used in most passenger cars. Volta Trucks was formed in Sweden by co-founders, Carl-Magnus Norden and Kjell Walöen.
Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2015
(Bottom) Acceleration comparison of the new XC90 T8 PHEV, the older V8-powered XC90, and the Tesla Model S 85. Volvo Car Corporation was founded in Sweden in 1927. The second cools the battery in one of two ways: either passively, via the radiator, or actively through integration with the car’s climate system. Background.
EV Adoption
MARCH 15, 2021
BMW’s Mini brand will go all-electric by 2030, report says – BMW’s Mini brand will go all-electric from 2030 as the automaker intensifies its transition to battery-powered vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter. The new target for Volkswagen’s in-house battery cell plant is up to 40 GWh.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Some experts predict that such a battery - or a similar battery - could be production-ready by 2010 to 2012.Larry The advanced technology vehicle would have an extended driving range on battery power alone and would also have a diesel or gasoline engine that could power the car when the battery was low.
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