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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Rent a petrol or diesel car for your holidays. In many places, electric cars are cheaper to rent than equivalent petrol cars. And as Europcar says on its website: Save on Petrol! All of this wastes time. Imagine having to register with a Shell servo before it let you pump petrol. Then it refuses to DC charge.

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When Should You Dump Your Gas Guzzler?

Clean Fleet Report

Washington, DC Transportation accounts for almost a third of all U.S. While much is being done to address this issue, it remains a significant contributor to toxic waste. Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk What are the environmental and other pros and cons of ditching the gas guzzler for an electric vehicle (EV)?

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

Get Electric Vehicle

4 Onboard Charger: The onboard charger converts AC (alternating current) power from an external charging station or electrical outlet into DC (direct current) power to recharge the vehicle’s battery pack. 7 DC-DC Converter: A DC-DC converter converts high voltage DC supply from the battery to low voltage supply.

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

Waste heat energy recovery concepts gaining interest for automotive applications include thermoelectric generation (TEG) and organic Rankine Cycle systems, whilst heavy duty markets already offer mechanical turbo-compounding systems as an efficient solution where space is less restricted.

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

The Ioniq 5 is also capable of DC fast charging at up to 350 kW, fast enough to go from 10% to 80% in just 18 minutes. Hyundai reveals Ioniq 5 with knife-edged look, 2-way charging – The new Ioniq 5 crossover will be available in North America with a 77.4-kWh kWh battery, likely reaching about 265 miles of EPA range.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

In fact not only does he advocate 48 V DC in vehicles, he even wants 48 V DC in your homes! As more and more of us put solar panels on our roofs, we can move away from our grid driven AC to battery driven DC lights and appliances. So LTO is good for petrol-battery hybrid cars, which end up having relatively small batteries.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road. The panels generate DC current that varies with the solar power. Help with reducing our carbon footprint.

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