Cars That Think

JANUARY 22, 2024

One of the knocks on the potential of electric vehicles has been the paucity of charging stations compared with the near-ubiquitous presence of gas stations. The company has announced a pilot project to retrofit street cabinets traditionally used to store broadband Internet and telephone cabling.

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Convert United Kingdom Ireland Connect 95

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). One of the first areas expected to benefit from the technology is storage tanks for natural gas vehicles (NGVs), according to the company. —Prof.

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Gas Commercial Ireland Production 218

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. This stretch, called Iris, will link Iceland to Ireland.

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Engine San Francisco Iceland Wind 120

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. But not all of the vehicles, buildings, and industrial processes that now use fossil fuels can run on electricity alone. It turns out that the former option is better.

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric 90

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Founded in 1989, and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Valence has facilities in Nevada, China and Northern Ireland. Smith Electric Vehicles. One of Valence’s most prominent commercial vehicle customers is Smith Electric Vehicles. Valence maintains a team of seven application engineers on the ground in Ireland. “

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Li-ion Batteries Battery 2008 150

Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

Goldstein: Oh, that’s interesting because the—I mean, where I was going with that connection to legislation is that—I think what Bob found in the EV transition is that the knowledge base of the people who are charged with making decisions about regulations is pretty small. And they’re the world’s second-largest emitter behind the US.

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Power Powered Grid IDEA 72

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

FordPass Connect on-board modem technology features as standard, enabling operators to maximize vehicle efficiency and utilization. hours using a commercial type-2 AC vehicle charger. Additional electrical energy is captured through regenerative charging when the vehicle decelerates or brakes.

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