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Nissan and Endesa collaborating to deliver vehicle-to-grid systems to market

Green Car Congress

Nissan and Endesa, an Enel Group subsidiary, signed an agreement at the Geneva International Motor Show pledging to work together to deliver a mass-market V2G system and an innovative business model designed to leverage this technology. Later on, in 2012, Endesa presented the evolution of such technology at the ZEM2ALL demonstrator.

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

Cars That Think

The experiment seemed to prove the feasibility of the technology. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV. And with the revival of the EV, the V2G concept was reborn.

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Is this Kia’s Tesla and BYD beater at last? New Kia EV3 electric SUV to cost from $50,000 and deliver 600km in range in Australia

EV Central

That includes a WLTP range up to 600km, V2L charging, a near-30-inch widescreen display, AI assistant, OTA updates, streaming services, advanced driver aids and the ability to personalise the dash and infotainment through the Kia Connect Store. What are the EV3’s technology highlights?

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

Laser printer A device that, like a xerographic copier, draws an image on a drum, but with a laser beam instead of lenses; applies toner to the charged image area; and transfers the toner to a sheet of paper, melting it into the paper to set the image. Such an architecture stores data as it is received, stacking it like a pile of books.

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Voltage surge and transient suppression in EV chargers – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The surge current drawn during turn-on stores energy in the inductance of the distribution network, and this is released once the motor comes up to speed. Crowbar protective devices include one of the oldest as well as one of the newest technologies: the GDT, Gas Discharge Tube, and the “gateless” thyristor (e.g.

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Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

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The researchers believe this new type of photoelectrode is not only cheap to produce, but can also be recreated on a larger scale for mass and worldwide use. A promising way of storing solar energy is via chemical fuels, in particular hydrogen as it is considered as a future energy carrier. After a further 6?hours Govinder S.

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NIU’s newest electric scooters arrive at EICMA 2021

Green Authority

Founded in 2016 and going public on NASDAQ in 2018, NIU Technologies is a Chinese smart electric scooter manufacturer and current industry leader. Firstly, NIU Technologies brought out their first-ever hybrid electric two-wheeler to EICMA 2021. This totals to 5,184 Wh of stored energy. Now they’re unveiling the KQi2.