Cars That Think
JUNE 12, 2023
Energy storage has two main factors—how fast it can be charged and discharged (the spigot) and how much total energy it can hold (the bathtub). The bathtub is cheap for us, so when it comes to how much we can store, we can increase that capacity quite cheaply,” says Michael Simpson , the cofounder of Cheesecake Energy.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The batteries get charged when power is cheap; when there's low wind and no sun, energy prices may start to spike, and the batteries can discharge the power back into the grid, balancing the constant change of supply and demand, and trading on the difference to make a business. That would be something to reckon with.
EV Info
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Climate Change. This was plain wrong.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2014
The whole world of electricity storage has been using metal ions in various charge states, but there is a limited number that you can put into solution and use to store energy, and none of them can economically store massive amounts of renewable energy. The quinones are dissolved in water, which prevents them from catching fire.
Charged EVs
AUGUST 2, 2023
The more suppliers you have, the more competition you have, which means the pricing and performance from those suppliers are going to be better. If you’ve got a limited supplier pool, they’re going to be less inclined to give you a good price for good performance. What happens when we plug in 1.2-megawatt megawatt chargers?
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
An (expected) high price tag. I think electric cars are the furture and this unit has some real world experience. I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. The combined electrical storage efficiency of charger and batteries is 85%. Read reviews, get free pricing, and much more.
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. Only when we have an efficient method of electricity storage will the electric car/van/bus become a viable proposition.
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