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. And he’s skeptical about the cost factor in home bidirectional chargepoints.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion. After earning a Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

In addition to the 3-mode E-Drive system, the Fit EV will include several interactive coaching systems to assist the driver in maximizing battery range. A special meter display advises the driver when to shut off air conditioning and other accessories to conserve battery power. The platform features a fuel-efficient 100 kW, 2.0-liter,

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Los Angeles Honda Plug-in Plug 273

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Short-term transients, including those related to wind and solar sources, present challenges to the electrical grid. Stationary energy storage systems that can operate for many cycles, at high power, with high round-trip energy efficiency, and at low cost are required. C, two-thirds of its maximum discharge capacity is observed.

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Low Cost Grid Power Powered 304

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2019

Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University will receive funds to replace diesel buses that have reached the end of useful life with zero-emission electric buses, including all related electrical charging station infrastructure. Metro Transit. City Utilities of Springfield, Missouri. Central Ohio Transit Authority.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge. A new study by Charles J.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 31, 2022

I encountered this funny-looking calculator during a recent visit to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science , at the University of Cambridge. A 9-volt battery powered the Texas Instrument TMS0975NL integrated circuit and the eight-digit LED display. Which brings me to the object at top.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis suggest that a number of positive trends indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation, despite earlier starts that fizzled.

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Davis Hydrogen Transportation North America 250

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

the University of Hawaii, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, whose involvement is based on the Japan-US Clean Energy Technologies Action Plan, agreed to following the Japan-US heads of state summit held in November 2009. Smart Grid Project for Low-voltage Transformer Level Systems (Hitachi).

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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

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

If the power source is limited in capacity, such as a battery, or in availability, such as a solar panel, the computer also monitors and manages power consumption. When we talk about managing power consumption here, we usually focus on the power used by the radio. Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University.

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Stimulus Package Stimulus Mercury Power 89

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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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

Gregory Poilasne: We have an AC charging station that we rolled out that came from our relationship with the University of Delaware. As the cost of the charging session goes down, deploying universal bidirectional infrastructure makes a lot of sense. Your car becomes an extension of your home battery. That’s our product.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

One North East has invested £314,000 to sponsor the ECO2Trans project, which is converting two electric Gulliver U500EUK buses into hydrogen vehicles using a fuel cell, battery and capacitor combination. The ECO2Trans project is helping AMAP to trial new energy storage devices, novel motor technology and develop new control technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

Volkswagen, for example, has installed one of the highest performance wind power systems in the world at its German plant in Emden; it already supplies one-third of the factory’s energy requirements. In parallel, more and more electricity is being generated from solar and water power. sunshine duration, wind strength).

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Plug-in Fleet Plug Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2013

A battery-powered, six-seat passenger transfer vehicle is now available in the UK. The Golia multi-passenger electric vehicle (EV) has full N1 type approval, a 30 mph (48 km/h) top speed and a quick-swap battery pack for extended hours operations. It is available exclusively in the UK from ePowerTrucks.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

If successful, the team will greatly increase transformer functionality and reduce size over current technologies, affecting application areas like grid energy storage, solar photovoltaics and electric vehicle fast chargers, while also enabling better grid monitoring and easy retrofits. Marquette University. Northeastern University.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Nonetheless, hydrogen fuel cell cars are, like pure battery powered cars, classed as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV). Hydrogen’s fuel-path inefficiency problems are also discussed in another paper by Tom Baxter of Aberdeen University, “ Hydrogen cars won’t overtake electric vehicles because they’re hampered by the laws of science ” [10].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the Universe but, on earth, it must normally be extracted from water or organic compounds. This renewable production capacity is increasingly important to ensure the existing power grid can accept more renewable sources. It’s time to debunk a number of myths.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Read more: DNA Data Drives Point Toward Exabyte Scale Sean McNeil/GTRI Battery-Powered Pickup The inaugural model from startup automaker Rivian is the world’s first EV pickup. Read more: Two of World’s Biggest Quantum Computers Made in China Chao-Yang Lu/University of Science and Technology of China.

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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. Credit: Cao et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Some transportation experts are skeptical that electric vehicles will catch on anywhere in the country, in large part because the batteries and the installation of home recharging units are expensive. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines. Nissan plans to build the Leaf in Tennessee eventually.).

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San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical 100

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi’s innovative storage platforms are suitable as a power source for quick-charging stations with an output of more than 250 kW. Alternatively they can serve as buffers for renewables such as wind and solar power—whether as part of the grid or as home installations. Fast charging and Audi wireless charging.

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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. His engineers investigate a wide array of technologies, from automobile air-conditioning systems that can run on batteries to the design of solar-powered streetlights.

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