Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

NASA/DLR Accompanying Moonikin Campos are two other female-bodied mannequins, named Helga and Zohar , developed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) along with the Israel Space Agency. Some of the CubeSats were able to be recharged, but for others, recharging was judged to be risky enough that they were left alone.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2012

Better Place is now rapidly ramping up the first full deployment of its electric-car service and battery swapping network in Israel, but the company has ambitious plans in other countries as well. In Israel, it's illegal for electric-car users to plug their cars into just any old wall socket.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 16, 2017

It's one of the Holy Grails for battery researchers and electric-car advocates alike: a battery that could recharge in the same amount of time as it takes to stop for gasoline. Some of that can be provided by charging at higher rates, as Porsche's proposed 800-volt system for 15-minute fast charging would.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Alcoa and Israel-based Phinergy have entered into a joint development agreement to develop further Phinergy ’s aluminum-air batteries. Aluminium–air cells are high-energy density primary (non-rechargeable) batteries originally developed in the 1960s. kWh/kg of Al—second only to the Li-air battery (13.0 Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

MAY 17, 2011

The first electric vehicle as part of the Better Place project has been introduced in Israel. The service packages will include installation and maintenance of a home recharging system and access to Better [.].

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Electric Vehicles India

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As electric vehicles are growing rapidly especially the electric scooters, bikes, cars and three-wheelers segment and simultaneously the electric bus market is also growing rapidly in India and worldwide. High storage batteries are required for the mobility of the electric bus, which requires high recharging time and is expensive.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2023

” Adequate’s demo station, which is white and yellow and emblazoned with the slogan “Electric cars for everyone,” resembles a spacious drive-through automobile wash. Adequate’s switch station seems like a smaller model of the multimillion-dollar ones Higher Park as soon as deployed in Israel and Denmark.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Israel’s Ministry of Transport has given the go-ahead for electric car venture Better Place to import 13 Renault Fluence electric cars for testing. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Renault Better Place electric car batteries electric car battery swap stations Renault Fluence.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 29, 2010

Read more in the San Jose Business Journal article: Better Place tests electric car system in Tokyo. said Monday it is testing its electric car charging system in with a taxi operator in Tokyo. The 90-day test with Nihon Kotsu is the final test before the Palo Alto company does a full system test in Israel this year, the company said.

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Electric Vehicles India

MAY 22, 2021

This highway will recharge electric vehicles as they drive using copper coils on the side of the road to transfer energy directly to the batteries of electric vehicles through magnetic induction. ElectReon, which has already conducted trials in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Gotland, Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

—a partnership between Chery Automobile, China’s largest independent car manufacturer, and Israel Corporation—is bringing its Cross Hybrid Concept to the Geneva Motor Show in March. Qoros Auto Co. Guangzhou Automobile Group. Another view of the E-JET. Click to enlarge. Compact E-JET. Qoros GQ3 debuting in Geneva.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Battery switch is the only option that allows the driver to recharge in less time than it takes to refuel, the means of range extension for today’s gas-powered taxis, according to the company. Given the taxi business, waiting three to four hours for standard charge is not an option. San Francisco Public Utilities Commission.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Now Better Place, the consortium wiring Israel with electric-car recharging stations and battery quick-swap facilities, has upped the ante: They claim their electric cars will cost $4,500 to $7,500 less than gasoline cars. Driving a mile on electricity always costs less than using gasoline for the same mile.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 20, 2009

The year of 2011 promises to be one of the most exciting in the history of motoring as electric vehicle services provider Better Place and car manufacturer Renault plan to begin production of tens of thousands of electric vehicles. It is expected however, that as production expands the cost of the battery will decrease.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

More details — and a nice namecheck for ‘Revenge’ – after the jump: Harris: Coulomb Technologies gets funding for electric car charging stations. “The director of the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?&# is now filming the sequel, “Revenge of the Electric Car.&# Green Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2009

eTec developed and holds exclusive patent rights to the eTec SuperCharge—a smart fast-charging system—and designed, manufactured and installed public, commercial and residential recharging systems for the GM EV-1, Chrysler EPIC, and Ford Ranger electric vehicle programs.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2010

The firm known for its work in extending electric car recharging infrastructure, opened the station after joining in a partnership with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, and Nihon Kotsu, Tokyo’s largest taxi operator. Tags: Electric cars battery Better Place israel japan station swap Toyko.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Electric car infrastructure firm, Better Place is to wind down its operations in the US and stop investment in its Australian operations. That means the firm will be left to focus on its activities in its home country of Israel and Denmark, as the company tries to gain control its finances. According to Forbes.com, the [.].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2009

Batteries, particularly lithium-ion, store large amounts of energy but have more difficulty with high power or fast recharge. Our primary target is as part of a hybrid battery-capacitor system for electric cars. Multiple energy storage panels would be stacked together inside a car battery system or solar panel. Gary Rubloff.

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Green Cars News

MAY 2, 2009

Having already established working relationships in Tennessee; Oregon; Phoenix and Tucson Arizona; as well as Sonoma County and San Diego in California; the Renault-Nissan Alliance will now be working with Seattle to add recharging stations for electric vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. Think may use the former Freightliners plant site to employ over 1,000 workers that would ultimately expand to make 60,000 compact cars a year. market b y the end of 2009. The Norwegian company just last week met with Gov.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Home Business Industry Sectors Engineering MY PROFILE SHOP JOBS PROPERTY CLASSIFIEDS From The Sunday Times April 19, 2009 Slow start for charge of the electric cars Ray Hutton Electric cars need a boost. Car buyers were less enthusiastic. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. “You guys own the cars.&# Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2012

EV Engineering in Australia ( earlier post ) recently unofficially broke the distance record for a production electric car, achieving 1,886 (1,172 miles) kilometers of driving over a 24-hour period. It shows that with battery switch, the age of the electric car has truly arrived. We were able to just drive, switch, and keep going.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

At the Frankfurt Motor Show, Renault unveiled four Lithium-ion battery electric concept vehicles that provide a preview of Renault’s range of production electric vehicles to be released from 2011 on: Twizy ZE Concept (city car); Zoe ZE Concept (compact car); Fluence ZE Concept (5 passenger sedan); and Kangoo ZE Concept (electric van).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. Consumers expect a simpler concept.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

And as a timely follow up to my story above, read yesterday’s NY Times article on Hawaii’s plan for Electric Cars after the jump. Hawaii Endorses Plan for Electric Cars. Agassi has succeeded in assembling a growing consortium of national governments, regional planning organizations and one major car company.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Click on images of cars 1, 6-8, or 10-12 for high-resolution images (media may use with credit: CalCars.org). Green Car Company , "Green Machine," Manzanita Micro (PiPrius), April 2007 (Kirkland, WA), contact: greg@greencarco.com.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

When the batteries reach a predetermined state of discharge, the Capstone C30 microturbine fires up and recharges the batteries on the fly to extend the driving range up to 500 miles. The US DOE and BIRD selected a product development effort by Capstone Turbine and Israel’s HelioFocus Ltd. seconds and has a top speed of 150 mph.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. CDM Baby, CDM Ruminations on Vegas and NASCAR California Dreamin' ► February (16) Car Sharing and Saving in a Tough Economy Throwing down the gauntlet to Secretary Clinton Weather Does Not Equal Climate The Hub Lab Seeks Revolutionary New Energy Science.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The green car race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. The green car race: the French are coming. PSA Peugeot Citroen – one to watch.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Just as we have become accustomed to plugging in our cell phones everyday, the habit of plugging in your car after returning home could easily become second nature. The only time involved is the few seconds it takes to plug in and later, unplug, your car and possibly press a button. Hey, maybe you got an email during the drive, right?

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