Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. Even so, world events are putting wind in the sails for backup power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2012

An all-electric, battery-powered prototype demonstration bus under joint development by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. As the first step of the initiative, the partners have been working since April 2011 to develop and demonstrate a lithium-ion rechargeable battery-powered bus and recharging technology. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

Plans based on conventional wisdom rely on current technology or a modest extrapolation of current technology, and can be implemented immediately, such as in plug-in hybrid cars, the now moribund Pickens Plan, or solar thermal plants, according to Weigand. Tags: Batteries Power Generation Smart Grid Solar.

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Neighborhood Energy Storage Grid Transportation 273

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

In many respects, hydrogen FCVs could offer features that are similar to today’s gasoline cars and are more challenging to achieve in battery-powered vehicles, including good performance, large vehicle size, refueling time of 3-5 minutes and a range of 300-400 miles. Fuel Cells Hydrogen Policy'

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 26, 2021

This transition will have a big impact on how utility companies deliver the energy needed to charge all of these new battery-powered cars. WeaveGrid’s mission is to drive rapid decarbonization in global transport and power sectors by intelligently connecting electric vehicles to the grid. That’s where WeaveGrid comes in.

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Charging Baltimore Grid Plug-in 54

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

During this exchange of charge a current flows over the electrodes, which can be used by a battery-powered device. The pumped-off electrolyte can be recharged at the gas station, for example, using a wind turbine or solar plant ,” says engineer Jens Noack from ICT. Experimental cell design for a Vanadium Redox Flow Cell.

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Batteries Battery Li-ion Lithium Ion 191

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2011

Our small adjustments greatly improve the vanadium redox battery. And with just a little more work, the battery could potentially increase the use of wind, solar and other renewable power sources across the electric grid. Earlier post. ). —lead author and PNNL chemist Liyu Li.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

When that company was bought out by ENEL X , Miftakhov used the substantial profit to launch ZeroAvia in Hollister, California to develop and manufacture fuel cell-powered electric aircraft using green hydrogen (locally produced by electrolysis of water using solar or wind power). It’s very cool."

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2011

The vast majority will be hybrids that use mainly gasoline plus a small amount of battery power; these will make up more than 40 percent of the global fleet by 2040. By 2040, more than 15 percent of the world’s electricity will be generated by renewable fuels—solar, wind, biofuels, biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric power.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

In April, Axion Power International Inc received an order from Norfolk Southern Corp (NS) for PbC lead-carbon batteries for use in an all-battery-powered switcher locomotive. These strings are equalized by the PbC’s inherent battery properties and by the proprietary battery management system, Granville said.

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Lead Acid Hybrid Batteries Battery 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

The future grid will face significant challenges by providing clean power from intermittent resources to a much more dynamic load. EES has been considered as a key enabler of the smart grid or future grid, which is expected to integrate a significant amount of renewable energy resources while providing fuel (i.e.,

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Li-ion Energy Storage Grid Carbon 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2011

low-cost Na-ion battery system for upcoming power and energy. solar and wind) with variable output to the electrical grid, grid managers require electrical energy storage systems (EES) that can accommodate large amounts of energy created at the source. makes them a promising candidate to construct a viable and.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The driver can program times for charging as well as preheating or cooling and adapt them to his or her requirements, such as departure time, so as to save resources and costs. This is made possible by the second-generation modular infotainment platform, which uses the high computing power of the Tegra 30 chip from Audi’s partner NVIDIA.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

They think BYD has a shot at becoming the worlds largest automaker, primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry. This "human resource advantage" is "the most important part" of BYDs strategy, Wang says. " When he got back to the U.S.,

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