Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2013

A team of Penn State researchers is developing more cost-effective ways to prolong the life of valve regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries, such as those applied in Norfolk Southern Railway No. 999—the first all-electric, battery-powered locomotive in the United States. Earlier post.).

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Lead Acid VRLA Batteries Battery 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. Small Battery: For this scenario, they modified the base case so that the vehicle fleet is based on the Toyota Plug-in Prius. —Weis et al.

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Charging Coal Grid District of Columbia 150

The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

For ages, this writer used a gasoline-powered pressure washer, firm in the belief it ran better and more reliably than any cheap electric plug-in unit ever would. Perhaps I’ve watched too many episodes of CSI, studying Gil Grissom’s investigations into strange and grisly deaths. This author has recently discovered that (gasp!)

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Juice Water Gasoline-Electric Lithium Ion 105

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Now, researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), collaborating with UCLA and UC Berkeley researchers, suggest that the US can retrofit diesel-electric trains with batteries in a way that is cost-competitive with diesel. a) Depiction of the TCO for battery-electric propulsion. (b)

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Diesel Grid Convert Batteries 418

Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries.

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles 137

Driivz

MAY 15, 2023

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. California, the EV adoption and clean energy leader in the U.S.,

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Climate Protection Grid Climate California 52

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

Projected incremental mass due to the energy storage and electricity generation system for (a) a 100- and (b) 300-mile range for a battery electric vehicle and a fuel cell electric vehicle. EERL is responsible for R&D for both battery and fuel cell systems. Credit: ACS, Wagner et al. Click to enlarge. Wagner et al.

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Li-ion Connect Connected GM 210