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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged EVs

As the move from diesel- or LP-powered vehicles to electric vehicles takes place at airports, its important to keep in mind that ICE-powered vehicles convert 20% to 30% of their fuel into propulsion, while EVs convert 80% to 90%. Each bus can travel approximately 230 miles on a charge, and it takes four hours to fully recharge the bus.

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We’re Charging Our Cars Wrong

Cars That Think

If equipment costs were lower, they say, they would install more recharging stations. It could be a virtuous circle: The recharge businesses would do better, EV owners would benefit, and more people would consider buying an EV. The function of the port is to convert AC power from the grid into DC, which is then applied to the battery.

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Electric-car charging: The basics

Baua Electric

Whether you plug into it via a mobile connector or a wallbox, the actual charger that communicates with the battery and converts that AC current to DC (direct current) and is within the vehicle. The lower pad creates an oscillating magnetic field, which is then captured by the cars coil and converted back to electricity.

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Road Test: 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz RWD

Clean Fleet Report

hours 480V DC Fast Charging – 10-80% in 30 minutes or less Additional charging will be through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. So driving around town, stuck in stop-and-go rush hour freeway traffic or coasting down hills will recharge the battery.

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Road Test: 2025 Polestar 3 Single Motor

Clean Fleet Report

Battery and Charging When slowing or stopping, regenerative braking converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. The combination resulted in predictable recharge feel and a fun way to drive with limited touch of the brake pedal. We consider 3.5 kW onboard charger. These are the estimated charging times.

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Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake revealed: The Benz wagon reinvented as an EV, but will SUV-mad Aussie care?

EV Central

A 10-80 per cent recharge takes around 22 minutes. If you can only find a 400-volt DC charger, don’t fret – Benz will fit a converter, although that reduces speeds to just 100kW. Plug into a fast DC charger and the CLA charges at more than 320kW, with as much as 310km of range added in little more than 10 minutes.

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Roskill sees recovery in lithium industry, buoyed by demand from rechargeable battery applications

Green Car Congress

In 2019, rechargeable batteries accounted for 54% of total lithium demand, almost entirely from Li-ion battery technologies. In any case, the underlying demand growth for lithium compounds remains strong, with demand from rechargeable battery applications forecast to exceed 220kt LCE in 2020, representing roughly 70% of total lithium demand.

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