article thumbnail

Extreme E: myenergi Desert X Prix Round Up

My Energi

We have been blown away watching it come to life with the first event in Saudi Arabia, with widespread coverage in the UK on BBC, ITV, Sky and BT Sport, let alone the many other broadcasts elsewhere in the world and, on top of that, all the feedback across social media.

article thumbnail

Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

Cars That Think

To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. Different power densities are technically possible, ranging from too low to be useful to high enough to be dangerous. This gets to the heart of a critical consideration: power density.

Power 145
article thumbnail

We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

In extreme cold, there is a drop of about 5% in range. But age related range degradation has not been significant. I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. They should look at using the battery discharge energy for running equipment on the battery line or pump energy back into the factory grid.

Future 59
article thumbnail

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Range is another issue if electric cars are expected to be adopted by the average American and not just used as city cars. Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. The big problems now is how to create a battery that can charge rapidly and infrastructure to charge them.

Oregon 58