Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

Researchers at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences report that a 2 kW vanadium redox flow battery under development there for grid storage has been in operation for 1,429 days as of 4 June, with a total running time of more than 34,000 hours and 10,000 charge/discharge cycles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2010

Lithium-ion battery maker EnerDel has been selected to provide the heavy-duty battery systems used to power Japan’s first lithium-ion-powered electric bus. The vehicle was converted by Tokyo R&D, and is scheduled to hit the streets on regular local routes in Toyama, a coastal city located on the Sea of Japan.

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Supplies Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Ninety-nine percent of used lead-based automotive batteries in the EU available for collection are recycled, making them one of the most recycled consumer products, according to a new report by consultancy IHS. In all cases they are then sent on to collection points.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2012

Schematic of a redox flow battery. Sandia researchers have developed a new family of electrochemically reversible, metal-based ionic liquid (MetILs) that could lead to non-aqueous redox (reducing-oxidizing) flow-battery energy storage systems ( earlier post ) able to cost-effectively store three times more energy than today’s batteries.

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Low Cost Batteries Battery Energy Storage 278

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

A 100 VAC inverter onboard the Prius PHV converts stored power into AC suitable for home use, while power flow is controlled according to communication between vehicle, charging stand and the home. This kind of optimal energy flow can be automatically controlled by a home energy management system (HEMS).

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Japan, and Europe markets. In the latter part of the 1990s, we started working on the application of fuel cells into passenger vehicles before other manufacturers and in 2002, we simultaneously introduced the world’s first FCEV in Japan and the United States. We introduced the FCX Clarity sedan in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2019

The in-depth study, which analyzes hydrogen’s current state of play and offers guidance on its future development, was launched by Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director, alongside Mr Hiroshige Seko, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, on the occasion of the meeting of G20 energy and environment ministers in Karuizawa, Japan.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. Longer term, California, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, Japan, and Western Australia are all looking to the sea to help meet their demands for hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Regenerative braking is accomplished by allowing a vehicle’s electric motor-generator to spin freely, generating an alternating current which is rectified to direct current to charge the vehicle’s battery pack. Some early hybrid vehicles employed regen in tandem with a conventional hydraulic braking system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

Scientists from the Energy Technology Research Institute, AIST in Tsukuba, Japan, have developed a lithium-water electrochemical cell for the controlled generation of hydrogen and electricity. In other words, energy from the sun can be “stored” in the metal, and then be used on demand by reacting the lithium in the fuel cell.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2011

Automobile catalytic converters and metallurgical uses constituted 50 Gg and 45 Gg of Ce in-use stocks, about 30% each of the total. 26 Gg Ce is stored in glass additives. Both the nickel hydride battery and polishing powder stocks of Ce were 9 Gg. Global production of rare earth oxides. Credit: ACS, Du and Graedel.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Toyota Crown has been around since 1955 in Japan, and was the first Toyota model exported to the United States in 1957, where it was sold until 1960. Their similarities are that each have regenerative braking, which converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the nickel-metal-hydride battery.

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Toyota Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride Fuel Economy 85

Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. That is, would cycling the battery more than necessary prematurely degrade the very heart of the car?

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

As we have quoted several times electric cars are great but battery-operated electric cars have a few disadvantages as well. Unlike battery-powered electric vehicles, FCEVs can go over 500 kilometers on a full tank of hydrogen and can be refueled in 2-3 minutes, exactly like regular petrol/diesel cars. Why Fuel cells are Preferred?

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The standard Leaf S has a 149-mile all-electric range (AER) with a 40 kWh battery and a 110 kW electric motor producing the equivalent of 147 horsepower (hp) and 236 pound-feet (lb.-ft.) Nissan offers two versions of the 2024 Leaf, the S and SV Plus, the latter of which we drove recently through Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

Mazda unveiled the redesigned 2014 Mazda3 (known as the Axela in Japan) in a series of launch events world-wide. liter diesel engine; and as a hybrid electric vehicle (Japan only). Mazda’s i-ELOOP brake energy regeneration system ( earlier post ) employs a capacitor to store electricity generated when the vehicle decelerates.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

In addition to the vehicle’s introduction in Japan, Toyota launched the Mirai—a four-door, mid-size fuel cell sedan with performance that fully competes with traditional internal combustion engines—in Los Angeles on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. FC Boost Converter. Click to enlarge. mm and weight of 102 g.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 8, 2024

Before you plug in, take a moment to learn the difference between AC and DC charging, how much time it will take, and whether there are any consequences for your route planning or battery maintenance. DC is the type stored in batteries. Some models (typically from Japan or South Korea) might use a CHAeMo plug.

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Cars That Think

MAY 15, 2024

They eat up battery life requiring frequent battery changes or charging. One company that’s hoping to reduce our battery anxiety is Exeger , which wants to enable self-charging devices that convert ambient light into energy on the go. So our solar cell can convert any light energy to electrical energy. Fili: Yeah.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries. In their study, Yang et al. The need for storage.

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Li-ion Energy Storage Grid Carbon 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

The concept expresses a potential styling direction for Honda’s next-generation fuel-cell vehicle anticipated to launch in the US and Japan in 2015, followed by Europe. The energy is stored in a 24 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery, jointly developed with LG Chemical. HYUNDAI TUCSON FUEL CELL. —John Krafcik.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Commercial vehicle manufacturer Fuso, a member of the Daimler group, has introduced a heavy-duty hybrid truck in Japan. The Fuso Super Great HEV now being presented features a conventional diesel engine; electric motor/generator; Li-ion battery pack; and related control software.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

This is, after all, how all the energy stored in wood, coal, oil, and natural gas originally got here: It was transmitted 150 million kilometers through space as electromagnetic waves—sunlight—most of it millions of years ago. rectifier and antenna , reflects how each element converts the electromagnetic waves into direct-current electricity.

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Driivz

MARCH 31, 2021

Solar and wind are the easiest to locate, scale, and convert to energy. Leaders in solar power generation are China, United States, India, Mexico, and Japan. In some cases, battery storage and/or renewables need to be integrated at the microgrid level. Renewables & EV Charging.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2024

For perspective, China, which is far larger than California, has 250 and Japan, which is roughly that same size as California but populated by three times as many people, has 160 stations. Honda announced recently the CR-V e:FCEV compact crossover will be available combining both hydrogen and a plug-in battery in 2025. (It

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Road Test: 2023 Toyota Crown Hybrid Max AWD Platinum Vintage Name Returns to the United States The Toyota Crown has been around since 1955 in Japan, and was the first Toyota model exported in 1957 to the United States, where it was sold until 1960. They also both have the same power-assisted front ventilated disc and solid rear disc brakes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Mitsubishi’s North American-spec i-MiEV battery electric vehicle ( earlier post )—available in either an ES base model or upgrade SE trim package —will be available to test drive at US dealerships beginning in November 2011 with the first scheduled customer vehicle deliveries set to commence in early 2012. Battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2009

Calculated in-house based on the average of electric energy frameworks in Japan). In-house research found via a nationwide survey in Japan that on average, 90% of car drivers cover less than 40 km/day (25 miles) on weekdays and that 80% cover less than 60 km/day (37 miles) at weekends and holidays. DC/DC converter. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

The iOn with (1) Motor, (2) Traction battery pack, (3) Inverter and (4) On-board charger. The motor is supplied with a 330 V three-phase alternating current (AC) from the inverter which is supplied with a 330 V direct current (DC) from the main battery pack. The batteries are produced in Kusatsu in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

miles) under electric power; and high-energy battery vehicles for longer distances. It also integrates the DC converter that supplies the 12 V electrical system from the high-voltage system. Audi distinguishes between two basic types of lithium-ion battery. Battery pack temperature can be managed with either air or liquid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Batteries not ready.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. We will own the battery. We will always own the batteries,&# said Mr. Thesen.

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