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We’re Charging Our Cars Wrong

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If theres one thing we could do now to hasten the transition to electric vehicles , its this: Build a robust public EV-charging infrastructure. If equipment costs were lower, they say, they would install more recharging stations. Thats because the charging stations convert DC power to high-frequency AC, using an inverter.

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California Energy Commission to showcase two converted electric heavy-duty trucks for LA ports

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Designed to provide cleaner transportation at Southern California’s ports, these electric trucks—a Navistar International Pro-Star on-road tractor and a Kalmar Ottawa off-road tractor—have been converted from diesel fuel to run on electric battery power. TransPower, in collaboration with EPC Power Corp.,

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Peugeot introduces new e-PARTNER electric van

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Building on its commercial success over the generations, having won numerous awards including the title of International VAN of The Year in 2019, the Peugeot PARTNER has been produced in 2,000,000 vehicles and sold in more than 100 countries since its launch in 1996.

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Siemens and partners build first aircraft with series hybrid electric drive

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A Siemens converter supplies the electric motor with power from the battery and the generator. The battery is recharged during the cruising phase. Electricity is supplied by a small Wankel engine from Austro Engine with a generator that functions solely as a power source.

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New one-pot method for recharging ammonia borane opens up potential for viable on-board hydrogen storage

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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the University of Alabama (UA) researchers working within the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Chemical Hydrogen Storage Center of Excellence have demonstrated a new single-stage method for recharging the hydrogen storage compound ammonia borane (H 3 N-BH 3 , AB). —Sutton et al.

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Scania to test wirelessly charged plug-in hybrid city bus for the first time in Sweden

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Inductive charging is among the options the company is exploring and would enable vehicles wirelessly to recharge their batteries via electrified roads. At one of the bus stops there will be a charging station where the vehicle will be able to recharge wirelessly from the road surface in 6 to 7 minutes sufficiently for a complete journey.

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Toyota Industries Corp. Develops Solar Charging Station for EVs and PHEVs

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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. Toyota Industries recharger on a stand. TIC has been developing and manufacturing the DC-DC converter since the first generation Prius. kW solar panel in an 8.4

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