Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The goal is to develop an optimal generator for current energy conversion. Boston, Massachusetts) will develop a cost-effective, high efficiency, power take-off system for a wave energy converter, a mechanism to convert water’s mechanical energy into usable electricity. DOE Funding: $160,000. Total Project Value: $192,000.

Mariner 210

Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The “smart” buoys, based on integrated patented hydrodynamics, electronics, energy conversion and computer control systems, capture and convert energy from the natural rising and falling of waves into low-cost, clean electricity. This approach minimizes costs of submarine transmission cable to the shore based interconnection.

Power 240

Power Powered Oregon Japan 240

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. We thought,” Hoff told Spectrum , “we could integrate this, the analog-to-digital conversion, on a chip, and then use these circuits as the basis for switching.”

IDEA 127

IDEA 2000 Design Engine 127

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Furthermore, the batteries in a PHEV are generally smaller than those in any other electric vehicle constructed today and the battery savings in the PHEV from a pure BEV can easily make up for the cost of the small liquid-fueled engine, resulting in a lower-cost production vehicle for mass distribution.

PHEV 150

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. People wont buy a full car.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45