Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. Keep in mind, though, that electricity’s unique properties pose problems to anyone who would make a business of producing and delivering it. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles 132

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. of Delaware). This technology incorporates semi-solid high energy density rechargeable, renewable and recyclable electrochemical fuel in a flow system that decouples power from stored energy. Honda, Applied Materials). Harvard, Univ.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2023

When IEEE Spectrum’s editor in chief, Harry Goldstein, needed to replace his 2008 Honda Fit in October 2020, he thought seriously about buying an electric vehicle. There were two Level 2 charging stations about six blocks away in a grocery store parking lot, but that was not a convenient or reliable option. One was affordability.

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Minneapolis Installation Charging Building 77

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) is the concept of using stored energy in a plug-in hybrids (or electric cars) battery to send power to the electrical grid when necessary. For more on plug-in hybrids and V2G, see CalCars Resources , University of Delaware V2G Research Center , and papers from a June 2005 conference in Seattle.

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PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37