Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. Electric vehicles are no exception. In the U.S., percent, or 20 times the frequency.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

PHEVs, which combine an internal combustion engine (ICE) with an electric motor and a large rechargeable battery, offer advantages over conventional hybrids because they can be charged using grid electricity, which reduces their need for fuel. Meanwhile, two types of state-of-charge (SOC) control strategies (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

With the e-tron services in the Audi connect portfolio, drivers can use their smartphones to control such functions as charging and heating or cooling. For example, fuel economy statistics and a graphic display of the electric range is shown on the navigation map. The driver can choose between four modes. “EV”

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EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

The EV revolution will only go as far as the global network of charging stations allows — meaning that the key indicator is not EV sales but how quickly countries and their governments are moving to prepare their grids for the energy demands of those vehicles. Within five years, 40% of GM’s models are projected to be battery powered.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

A high-speed network that connects computers, printers, and other peripherals in an office or building. It was battery-powered, ran Smalltalk, and had a touch-sensitive screen designed by Thornburg. “We Local area network. Object-oriented programming. Mountain View, Calif.—began Poor Adele,” Tesler said.

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