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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Val Miftakhov , also a member of the chapter, founded Electric Motorworks , where he first converted BMWs to electric and then moved onto manufacturing JuiceBox charging stations. He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000. “And I would recommend Ian’s TedX talk.”

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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

Blink Charging

It can recharge where the power supply has been restored, and then drive on to another hard-hit region.” Vehicle to Grid Technology, or V2G, is smart charging technology that allows electricity to flow from car to grid rather than grid to car. ” Andy Kinard, Field Sales Engineer for Blink Charging.

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Nissan experiments with charging system

Green Cars News

Japanese manufacturer Nissan has ambitions beyond wireless charging bays, as it devises an inductive charging system capable of transmitting power wirelessly over longer distances. The idea is that it could theoretically be used for on-the-go recharging, alongside a grid recharge at night.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: M&N/Alamy Some operators of early direct-current power plants at the turn of the 20th century solved the problem of uneven power output from their generators by employing large banks of rechargeable lead-acid batteries, which served as a kind of buffer to balance the flow of electrons.

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

Green Car Congress

The driver can choose to drive the XL1 in pure electric mode, provided that the battery is sufficiently charged, by pressing a button on the instrument panel. The XLI can be also be put into a charging mode, which runs the engine at a slightly higher point that required, using the excess power to generate electricity to recharge the battery.

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Nissan Exploring Inductive Charging Capable of Power Transfer Over Longer Distances for its Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

Nissan is developing an inductive charging system capable of transmitting power wirelessly over longer distances, and is exploring scaling it up for use with its electric car. Inductive charging with a paddle-type connector was used in a number of earlier EVs, notably GM’s EV1, the Nissan Hypermini EV, and the Toyota RAV4.

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Kia EV6 GT Review: Is this the first great EV performance car?

EV Central

READ MORE: Kia “most probably” to be EV brand; 7 EVs from EV1 to EV9 READ MORE: $90K-plus Kia EV9 coming in 2023 with 7 seats, two battery capacities Could it be the performance EV we’ve all been waiting for? Note that the full power is only delivered in GT mode and then only with battery at least 70 per cent charged. 2023 Kia EV6 GT.

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