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Green Car Congress
JUNE 30, 2014
EDI was co-founded by Professor Andy Frank from UC Davis—a key figure in the development of the PHEV concept and technology—in 2006. The inline form factor allows the drivetrain to integrate into any light-, medium- or heavy-duty vehicle design. It also features an EV+ Mode for hill climbing and added acceleration.
Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2012
In response, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Renewable Fuels Association charged that the study was fundamentally flawed. In response, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Renewable Fuels Association charged that the study was fundamentally flawed. This testing included more than $14.5
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2015
A higher compression ratio can be used if an engine will operate primarily at light loads, such that degraded efficiency at high loads is more than offset by improved efficiency at light loads. The compression ratio selected for a particular engine depends, the authors note, on the expected duty cycle and fuel octane.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2021
The University of California demand study was conducted by researchers from the UC Institute of Transportation Studies , a network with branches at UC Davis, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, and UCLA. —Dan Sperling, director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. The policy analysis was conducted in four subsectors.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 20, 2010
Two important energy issues are largely ignored in these reports: 1) energy security and oil dependence and, 2) sustainable energy for transportation. However, most major cities are not yet equipped with the necessary charging stations in work locations or shopping areas to accommodate charging during the day. Earlier post.).
Plugs and Cars
JUNE 4, 2009
Veteran automakers, oil companies, and federal and state governments have been both the prime movers and obstacles to plug-in cars in the past and they remain so today. The plan calls for 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for light trucks and SUVs by 2016; no automaker lawsuits; and California subscribes to the national program through 2016.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2009
Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. Source: Ken Kurani. Click to enlarge. New car buyers are not like pioneers, advocates and experts, Kurani noted. times as much.
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