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Why is maintaining 80% battery power the best choice for EVs? | EV Basics

Setec Powerr

Electric vehicles (EVs) have become increasingly popular in recent years, offering a cleaner and more sustainable mode of transportation. If your EV has 300 miles of range when fully juiced up, it can go about 240 miles with an 80% state of charge. Doing so maximizes your use of time.

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Raízen breaks ground on Iogen cellulosic ethanol facility in Brazil

Green Car Congress

We see tremendous potential for this technology in meeting the world’s growing demand for cleaner and more sustainable fuels, and we anticipate a long and profitable future. —Vasco Dias, CEO of Raízen. The technology being deployed has undergone extensive testing and validation work. million MWh of electricity annually.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. Cleaner power—and energy sourcing—is a more pressing concern. On 16 March there was another earthquake near Fukushima—luckily a much milder one, though still knocking out power to two million.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Moving towards more juice. The addition of a plug-in hybrid drivetrain makes it a powerful and cleaner beast and moves Volvo forward on the path to an all-electric future. In addition, we are often invited to manufacturer events highlighting new vehicles or technology. The XC90 Recharge T8 has several drive modes to choose from.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Neutral catachip @ Apr 19th 2009 4:29PM Now only if electronics manufacturers could do the same thing. Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As announced by most of the major automotive manufactures, most recently Daimler, the next step is the plug-in hybrid, which will run a vehicle solely on electricity with backup combustion-engine capability for those who are still “range afraid.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

Step away from them screens for a few hours and get your creative juices flowing! Remove single use plastic products from your cleaning routine and swap to to a cleaner way of cleaning with Ocean Saver Products. Upcycle and recycling projects. Buy less, choose well, and make it last.

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