Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2014
ABB and Volvo Buses are partnering to co-develop and to commercialize electric and hybrid buses with open standards-based direct current (DC) fast charging systems. Volvo’s new Electric Hybrid bus, which reduces fuel consumption by 75% compared to conventional diesel buses, will debut at the IAA exhibition in Hannover, Germany, in September.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
independent from the bulk power grid (i.e., SPIDERS uses the conceptual designs of an Energy Surety Microgrid developed by Sandia National Laboratories, and has four specific goals for electric power surety at US military installations: To protect critical. infrastructure from power loss. Harbor/Hickam, Hawaii; Fort.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 10, 2013
Demonstrate that a DC-linked chargeport is more efficient than an AC-linked chargeport. The UCSD microgrid is a small-scale version of the traditional larger power grid; it is able to connect to the larger electric grid, but can also work independently. MW of fuel cells in operation.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 28, 2023
The days are numbered for the Lerwick Power Station , whose diesel generators have supplied electricity to the Shetland Islands for over 70 years. Furthermore, subsea and underground HVDC cables increasingly look like the most viable way to push added wind power across congested national grids and densely populated landscapes.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2016
Electric fuel cost is a fraction of gasoline or diesel fossil fuel cost, even at a time when petroleum prices are temporarily reduced due to geopolitical manipulations and manufacturing costs. PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ PHEVLERs are better than BEVs in support of the electric grid.
EV Connect
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
If you’re filling up a car that has an internal combustion engine (ICE), you only need to distinguish between the gas and diesel pump. That’s because on the one hand, the nascent EV sector is still on a path to standardization, and on the other because different charging speeds and power loads require more than one type of EV plug.
Drive Electric
JULY 7, 2022
Not only are the charging stations placed conveniently, but by using a ChargeNet DC rapid charger , you can typically add about a 100 km range in 15 – 30 minutes, depending on how many kW you want, and the connection that your EV uses. EV MYTH FOUR: NZ power supply can’t cope with an increase in Electric Vehicles.
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