Green Car Congress
AUGUST 14, 2021
The study looked at several powertrains: internal combustion engine, hybrid electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, fuel cell electric vehicle and battery electric vehicle. The study finds, for example, that battery electric vehicles have maintenance costs 40% lower than ICE vehicles. —David Gohlke.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
A new total cost of ownership (TCO) study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that battery-electric and fuel-cell electric commercial trucks could be economically competitive with conventional diesel trucks by 2025 in some operating scenarios. —Chad Hunter, lead author of the report and former NREL researcher.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Ultracapacitor-maker Ioxus expects to announce this year the first ultracapacitor-battery solution resulting from its partnership with Enersys ( earlier post ), says Chad Hall, Ioxus Co-Founder and VP of Sales and Business Development: a UPS system that will combine ultracapacitors and lead-acid batteries in a rack-mount application.
Charged EVs
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
Refining the circular economy for battery materials. Increasing the efficiency of recycling offers a way to “close the loop,” creating a circular supply chain that can provide the needed raw materials for batteries and other components and minimizing the need to expand the world’s mining operations.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 11, 2014
This enhanced shock and vibration tolerance is particularly important in the transportation market—especially mass transit—and in developing markets in which the road infrastructure might not be quite as smooth as in more developed ones, noted Chad McDonald, director of product marketing. —Chad McDonald.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 9, 2021
Unifrax, a leading manufacturer of high-performance specialty materials, introduced a new, nano-structured alumina catalyst support technology for the transportation market: Eco-lytic. —Chad Cannan, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, Unifrax. Unifrax will have commercial production capability on-line in late 2021.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 24, 2011
a manufacturer of ultracapacitor technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and consumer product markets ( earlier post ), unveiled its first 16V/58F iMOD series of ultracapacitor modules. You can go up to 750V without any external management, you can run it in parallel to a 12V battery or replace a 12V battery.
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