Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Utility companies are prioritizing their shareholders over the public’s need for cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy. For instance, four proposed high-voltage lines totaling 600 kilometers along the seam of regional networks in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. America’s largest panel producer, Sunrun of California has teamed up with Ford to offer solar roof panels integrated into the transfer switch setup in sync with Ford’s “Intelligent Backup Power” installation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The study, which was funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Electric Power Research Institute, the Heinz Endowment, the National Science Foundation, and Toyota Motor Corporation, also examined a hypothetical case with increased wind power. Weis et al.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

4 Onboard Charger: The onboard charger converts AC (alternating current) power from an external charging station or electrical outlet into DC (direct current) power to recharge the vehicle’s battery pack. 7 DC-DC Converter: A DC-DC converter converts high voltage DC supply from the battery to low voltage supply.

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MyEVOnline

AUGUST 3, 2020

After you connect your car’s battery to a DC rapid charging station, AC or alternating current from the grid is converted and stored inside the vehicle in the form of DC or direct current. For this purpose, you either have an AC-DC converter inside the EV or a built-in converter inside the charger.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The DC and fast charging infrastructures for BEVs are very expensive to construct [ 13 ] & operate, and are wasteful of electricity inversely to the square of charge time (meaning ½ the charge time 4 times the losses, and ⅓ the charge time 9 times the losses). BEVs have an ongoing problem with range anxiety. [ 23 ] , [ 24 ].

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Picture this, sunshine, a gentle autumn breeze, rolling golden fields, narrow winding roads, and the sound of… silence! I am going on a green journey with them to gradually transfer my own home and vehicles to using cleaner and greener energy.”. TV adventurer Charley Boorman sets off on a green journey with myenergi.

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