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Volvo Trucks NA offers battery-powered parking cooler

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Volvo Trucks North America introduced a battery-powered parking cooler as a factory-installed option for its VNM 630, VNL 630, VNL 670, VNL 730 and VNL 780 sleeper models. The battery-powered parking cooler allows drivers to keep the cab and sleeper comfortable without idling the engine.

Battery Powered

Battery Powered Volvo Power Powered

Dominion Virginia Power Tests Plug-In Hybrid Cars, Hybrid Bucket Trucks

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Dominion Virginia Power has added two plug-in electric hybrid cars and two hybrid-powered bucket trucks to its fleet as part of its efforts to determine the impact of plug-in vehicles on electricity demand and to find ways to conserve energy and reduce vehicle emissions. A Dominion PHEV Prius and hybrid bucket truck.

Virginia

Virginia Plug-in Hybrid Plug

GE Durathon batteries successfully power underground mining scoop

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

In trials, GE’s sodium metal halide Durathon batteries ( earlier post ) have successfully powered GE Mining’s Scoop, an underground vehicle that transports mining materials, at Coal River Energy, LLC in Alum Creek, West Virginia. Additionally, the battery contains no lead acid materials. Click to enlarge.

Lead Acid

Lead Acid Power Powered Sodium

Rocket Lab aces first Electron rocket launch from US soil

Teslarati

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s also the only orbital-class rocket in the world that uses engines with battery-powered pumps. Virginia is indeed for launch lovers @TheFavoritist @TrevorMahlmann pic.twitter.com/OasKIY9xmW — Rocket Lab (@RocketLab) January 24, 2023 Electron is by far the cheapest widely-available option for a dedicated rocket launch.

Virginia

Virginia New Zealand Carbon Fiber 2019

CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Although electric vehicles have lower tailpipe emissions than gasoline powered vehicles, the changes in emissions associated with vehicle electrification on a life cycle basis will depend on the emissions associated with the operations of the power plants used to charge the battery.

Charging

Charging Coal Grid District of Columbia

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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.

Grid

Grid Power Powered Vehicles

Smith Electric powers ahead with utility truck

Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

A battery powered, all electric utility truck with an aerial device has been produced by Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation in association with Altec Industries Inc. It comes with a 120kW induction motor and a lithium-ion battery pack capable of a range in excess of 100 miles and a payload up to 16,280lbs.

Kansas City

Kansas City Power Powered Kansas

US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. Grid sourced electrical energy used to recharge the bus batteries will be augmented with solar energy collected with panels procured and installed under this project. Arlington Transit – ART, Virginia: $1,500,000.

Emissions

Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance

NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

This includes research on appropriate anodes, cathodes, and electrolytes for magnesium (Mg)-, sodium (Na)-, and lithium (Li)-based batteries and novel transition metal oxide- and nitride-based supercapacitor electrode materials. High-energy density magnesium batteries for smart electrical grids. Earlier post.)

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Energy Ni-Li

ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

Marquette University will develop a small, compact, lightweight, and efficient 1 MW battery charger for electric vehicles. The team aims to use state-of-the-art MOSFET switches based on SiC to ensure the device runs efficiently while handling very large amounts of power in a small package. Marquette University.

Convert

Convert Power Powered DC

Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

It was battery-powered, ran Smalltalk, and had a touch-sensitive screen designed by Thornburg. “We Xerox executives made all sorts of promises: we’ll buy 20,000, just talk to this executive in Virginia, then talk to this executive in Connecticut. “Poor Adele,” Tesler said. It was the first portable computer run in an airport.

Future

Future Engine Personal IDEA

Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. to charge overnight.

Electric Cars

Electric Cars Charging G-Wiz Cars

Sen. Joe Manchin blasts EV tax credit expansion, calls for hydrogen development

Teslarati

APRIL 29, 2022

West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin blasted a potential expansion of the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit on Thursday, while also calling for the development of the hydrogen sector to decarbonize the transportation industry. It would have increased the $7,500 credit to as much as $12,500 , granted the vehicle and its battery were built in U.S

Tax Credit

Tax Credit Tax West Virginia Hydrogen

EV Driven

Volvo Trucks NA offers battery-powered parking cooler

Dominion Virginia Power Tests Plug-In Hybrid Cars, Hybrid Bucket Trucks

GE Durathon batteries successfully power underground mining scoop

Rocket Lab aces first Electron rocket launch from US soil

CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Smith Electric powers ahead with utility truck

US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Sen. Joe Manchin blasts EV tax credit expansion, calls for hydrogen development

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