Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

The company recently took over the entire building on the campus located at Southwest 14 th Street and Taft Avenue, expanding its square footage from 45,000 to 142,000. Lightning Systems received a Charge Ahead Colorado Grant to install new Level 2 and DC Fast Chargers as part of this expansion.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The team is now building a version that is capable of charging vehicles more quickly, while also charging multiple vehicles at the same time. To support the weight, this transformer-and-charger system usually needs to be installed on a concrete slab. The researchers call the new technology a medium voltage fast charger (MVFC).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Lunaz’ engineers will take existing conventionally bodied Range Rover classics and convert them to what the firm is calling ‘Safari Specification’ as part of the full bare metal restoration and re-engineering process. Every car by Lunaz represents an individual customer build. This provides extraordinary scope for personalization.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2018

The power distribution and protection category includes fuses, supercapacitors and power distribution units (PDUs), while converters and on-board chargers fall under the power electronics umbrella. eMobility was formed by combining products, expertise and global manufacturing capabilities from Eaton’s Electrical and Vehicle businesses.

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Porsche 914 EV Conversion

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

I just got an e-mail back from Electro Automotive from CC-Power regarding the failed DC-DC converter. Here goes: "The converters have been manufactured for over 20 years and we have 10,000+ units operating in South Africa at 120 volts, all using the same build, without any problems.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2013

The order also requires the installation of sufficient infrastructure to support 1 million ZEVs in California by 2025. will receive $499,512 for the installation of 138 dual Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations, and 68 home charging stations at multi-family residences within the city of San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2009

The municipal government of Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture plans to build 21 such stations at 11 locations such as the municipal office and branch offices. TIC has directly a number of components to the Prius, starting with the first generation system, including converters, inverters, and car air conditioning compressors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

ClearEdge will install its ClearEdge5 system at 10 different businesses in California and Oregon, while PNNL will monitor the systems and measure the energy savings. Combined heat and power fuel cell systems can help smaller commercial buildings with high energy demands reap significant savings in energy cost and use.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

You could do V2G through the DC port of the vehicle—this is what we are doing with school buses here in California, where our charging station converts AC to DC and then connects to the DC port of the vehicle to provide power. Also, it doesn’t affect the rules that the OEMs might be building around the battery warranty.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

That all changed this year, after a team of IEEE volunteers traveled to the village and installed photovoltaic panels, a battery storage system, and a solar water heater at the Shree Batase Secondary School in Melamchi, which is about 45 kilometers from the capital city of Kathmandu. “The

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

On the vehicle side, besides the secondary coil an additional module is also required containing a power control unit, AC/DC converter and other communication components. This also makes it easy to install the floor plate in the end customer’s garage as it can simply be connected to the home’s fused power supply (230 volts/16 amps).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Regenerative electric trains convert kinetic energy into electrical energy during braking. Instead of drawing more power from the grid, our systems can be installed trackside in a containerized or modular building, or in existing metro transit agency infrastructure to save energy while maintaining optimal rail system performance.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Her work at the plant, her academic research, and her involvement in IEEE have helped Ansari build her community within the global nuclear industry. This month she is leading a project to swap out a damaged exciter, an alternator producing an AC current that is then converted to DC through rectifiers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The roadway-based Motion Power System, when used in traffic control areas where automobiles decelerate for safety reasons, converts some of the car’s excess rolling kinetic energy into electrical energy. The rolling motion of the vehicle depresses a series of actuators that rotate a proprietary generation device. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2012

This Direct Current (DC) Quick charger charges the Nissan LEAF, or any other ChadeMo compliant vehicle, to 80% capacity in just 30 minutes. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is promoting infrastructure deployment based on AC-DC Mix Quick Charger strategy. Nissan LEAF Marketing Campaign. Vehicle Production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2012

The inverter converts DC generated by the cell stack into AC. Due to the low number of parts and small quantity of exhaust energy, a compact design was made possible for both the power generation unit and the hot-water supply and heating unit, thus allowing it to be installed even at homes with limited installation space.

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Driivz

MAY 3, 2023

Other applications of bidirectional charging are V2B (vehicle-to-building) and V2L (vehicle-to-load), and all are grouped under the catch term V2X, or vehicle-to-everything. V2H is similar to V2G, or vehicle-to-grid , where stored EV electricity is transferred to the grid to balance loads during peak demand times. The post What is V2H?

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Grid Store Solar Charging 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The electric auxiliary compressor builds up a high level of boost pressure without any delays until the big exhaust gas turbocharger kicks in. The conventional 12 V electrical system is also supplied from the new network by means of a DC/DC converter. As a result, the 3.0-liter

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 10, 2023

As the automotive industry races toward an electrified future, Bosch is accelerating its R&D into the essential building blocks of electric drivetrains. One of these components is the inverter, which changes direct current (DC) from the car’s batteries into alternating current (AC) to power its drive motor (Figure 1).

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EV Connect

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As a result, some EVSE manufacturers build charging stations with a wide variety of connector types, and EV owners carry adapters with them…just in case. What happens next is determined by whether you’re using alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) charging. Generally speaking, what actually powers the vehicle is DC power.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

The PCU inverter boosts direct current (DC) voltage from the HV battery and converts it to alternating current (AC) to drive the electric traction motor and, where applicable, the rear-drive E-Four electric motor. It also converts AC from the generator to DC for storage in the hybrid battery.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

AC Propulsion cofounder Wally Rippel converted a Volkswagen microbus into an electric vehicle while he was still a student at Caltech. In California, regulators separated generation from distribution and sold 40 percent of installed capacity to newly created independent power producers that specialized in peaking power.

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Electric Vehicless

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

If you want to convert your bicycle into an electric bike than you are on the right track. It is easy to convert your bicycle into an electric bike, but if you consider some technical things during selection of an electric bike kit than it will ease your journey to convert the bicycle into an electric bike & running it.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2023

According to Plet, wind energy is driving an acceleration of HVDC installations in Europe. Grid operators are also installing subsea DC interconnections in other regions to share wind-energy surpluses and connect to backup supplies, such as Scandinavia’s giant hydropower reservoirs.

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Europe Wind Grid DC 118

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

The plan also suggests promoting the installation of charging infrastructure for commuters at public transit hubs. All appropriate charging/fueling installations receiving public funding should be open to the public and accessible to all PEV/FCEV drivers. Remove barriers to ZEV charging and fueling station installations.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Two-way EV charging will reduce that even further- using EV batteries to power homes (vehicle-to-home V2H), buildings (vehicle-to-building V2B) or feed it back to the grid with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Consumers have been lowering their power demands for more than a decade by adding solar panels to their roofs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

The solar installation at Volkswagen Chattanooga confirms the awarding of the LEED Platinum certification to VW by the US Green Building Council in late 2011. Ten SMA inverters and 5 transformers (rated at 1500 KVA each) convert the 9.58 MW of DC power to 7.6 The Chattanooga Solar Park. Phoenix Solar Inc.,

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I had recently installed the PakTrakr system, so I cleared out the serial logging attachment and started collecting data. The manager pointed me to an outlet outside the building but he didn't think it worked. After poking around under the hood, I also found a critical resistor that enabled the DC-DC converter had broken off.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS project teams will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient, lightweight, and reliable power converters, based on wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. If successful, the team will construct a 500 kW building block for a DC fast charger that is at least four times the power density of todays installed units.

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Electric Vehicless

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

If you want to convert your bicycle into an electric bike than you are on the right track. It is easy to convert your bicycle into an electric bike, but if you consider some technical things during selection of an electric bike kit than it will ease your journey to convert the bicycle into an electric bike & running it.

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Kits Conversion Batteries Battery 52

Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. He has a lot of credits to his name, including recommending the double-paned windows on New York’s Empire State Building. It’s very cool."

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

China has deployed the world’s first Ultra High Voltage AC and DC lines—including one capable of delivering 6.4 China is installing wind power at a faster rate than any nation in the world, and manufactures 40% of the world’s solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. Renewable Energy.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 3, 2012

It has been about 5 months since I posted my first blog about converting my car to electricity. The climate control system is now separated and I am ready to install the ceramic heating element in the place of the heater core. The air conditioning evaporator is now able to be converted to my cold water heat exchanger.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 12, 2023

A new midsize EV SUV Contender Clean Fleet Report was both intrigued and curious about an all-new car from an all new company from a country that is not known for building cars. Or three years of charging at Electrifying America stations for either Level 2 or Level 3 DC fast charging. SiriusXM is not available.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The project will develop a new device called the Galloping Hydrokinetic Energy Extraction Device that will convert fast-moving river currents into an oscillating motion that will drive a dielectric elastomer generator (DEG). Pueblo, Colorado) will design, construct and test a laboratory-scale model of the Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter.

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Honda S2000 EV Conversion

DECEMBER 28, 2008

Mine, however, well be quite different from the typical basic ceramic install as you'll see later. The first part in building a ceramic heater is removing the heater core and this is not an easy task, especially with newer vehicles. OK on to building the new heater core. Here is the bottom plate installed.

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Charged EVs

MAY 11, 2022

Ford has partnered with Sunrun for installation of a $3,895 home integration system that includes a 9.6 kW DC-to-AC converter and an automatic transfer switch for the home’s electrical panel. But building an all-electric version of its core product, the company’s golden goose, took the EV program into the heart of the company.

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