CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 10, 2022

The MINI E-CLASSIC shows us how the past can be green, exciting news for dynamic inductive recharging technology teases us about the future, as does the autonomous car-hailing RoboRide service in Seoul. Electric Cars Toys 4 Boys — Restomods & EV Upgrades “Toys 4 Boys […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE are partnered in a project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office building. Moreover, it is possible to connect solar panels and external storage directly to the recharger, allowing a more efficient electricity supply to buildings.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 1, 2021

Volvo has taken the wraps off its Concept Recharge, the all-electric car that will replace the XC90.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Volvo Cars is integrating and testing wireless charging technology in a live city environment together with selected partners, evaluating its potential for future electric cars. The charging station sends energy through the charging pad, which is picked up by a receiver unit in the car.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Electric cars pale in comparison to gasoline or diesel-powered cars when it comes to the time presently required to add energy for more driving distance. Although automakers have begun to curb "range anxiety" with longer-distance electric cars, battery charging times on lengthy road trips remain a hurdle for many buyers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Stealth-mode electrochemical energy storage startup SPARKZ Inc. has exclusively licensed five battery technologies from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) designed to eliminate the use of cobalt metal in lithium-ion batteries. Energy density is especially important for EVs. SPARKZ Inc. SPARKZ, Inc.,

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 24, 2023

Regular Hybrids Regular hybrids recharge their onboard nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion battery packs by reclaiming energy through a process called regenerative braking. During coasting or braking, the electric motor that drives the wheels is electrically operated in reverse and acts as a generator.

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EV Box

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Solar panels can help bring down utility bills as well as your carbon footprint – allowing you to recharge your electric car using 100% free, renewable energy. Since the lifespan of an average car is about 12 years , your home solar panels could theoretically recharge the next two to four electric cars you’ll own.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are, by far, the most widely used type of rechargeable batteries, spanning numerous applications. These include consumer electronics, electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and spacecrafts.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2013

Rendering of the battery-electric car ferry. Siemens, together with the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, has developed a battery-electric car ferry, the miljøferge (environmental ferry) ZeroCat. The 80-meter vessel can carry up to 120 cars and 360 passengers. Click to enlarge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 6, 2022

Our Next Energy (ONE), a Michigan-based startup, tested its prototype of a new battery in a Tesla Model S and drove 752 miles before having to recharge, Reuters has reported. ONE plans to start producing battery packs that will deliver a similar range in 2023.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 26, 2017

The purchase of an electric car that plugs into the power grid to recharge its battery often gets drivers thinking about the source of their energy. We haven't seen data from recent years looking at the overlap between electric-car drivers and home solar panels.

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EV Box

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Taking a popular electric SUV, the Hyundai IONIQ 5 Long Range AWD , as our example vehicle, which has an energy consumption of 0.179kWh per km, covering the rough global average of 40km per day – be that to the office, the mall, or on the family school run – your EV would consume around 7.16kWh of electricity.

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As electric cars and other electric vehicles (EVs) become more popular, many consumers hoping to make the switch want to know: How long does an EV battery last? A lithium-ion battery’s high energy density means it produces more power for its size, making it ideal for an electric car.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2015

Advanced Battery Technologies signed a strategic partnership agreement with Jiangsu Duke New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd to supply its fast charging lithium-ion batteries for Jiangsu Duke’s 20,000 electronic sports cars in 2015.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

The shipping containers, which house a Frankenstein-like assortment of machine parts—motors repurposed from Volvo truck engines, giant tanks of compressed air, huge silos of piping hot sand—are produced by a company called Cheesecake Energy. Despite its name, Cheesecake Energy isn’t in the food business.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2011

million (US$5 million) research project to create a new class of fast rechargeable zinc-polymer batteries for hybrid and small electric vehicle applications. The PolyZion (Fast rechargeable zinc-polymer battery based on ionic liquids) received funding of €2.4 An EU consortium is two years into a 3-year, €3.5 million (US$3.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

Commercial fast-charging stations subject electric car batteries to high temperatures and high resistance that can cause them to crack, leak, and lose their storage capacity, according to researchers at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) in a new open-access study published in the journal Energy Storage. Sebastian et.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Late last year, Volvo launched its very first all-electric model in North America. It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. That’s partly due to the weight; the electric XC40 is a whopping 900 pounds heavier than the AWD gasoline version.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 20, 2023

Consumers Think Renewable Energy Inadequate for EV Charging Are They Right? Electric vehicles (EVs) are finally coming of age. Zero-emissions cars now populate the roads where they were once rare, and new models emerge regularly, but this growth calls the charging infrastructure into question. Where Will We Be in 2030?

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Blink Charging

JULY 28, 2022

Electric cars are on the rise. The number of electric car sales nearly doubled from last year until now. About 10% of people buying a new car chose an electric one. Electric cars are much older. In fact, before burning petrol, most vehicles ran on electric batteries. Moving Forward.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 1, 2013

While the National Rifle Association often comes down on the conservative side of social issues, it issued a statement today supporting the rollout of plug-in electric cars across the U.S.

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 28, 2022

(Yamato Transport) and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) will begin studying the standardization and commercialization of replaceable and rechargeable cartridge batteries as part of energy management efforts for achieving a carbon neutral society.

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EV Box

JANUARY 27, 2023

An EV battery is typically made up of thousands of rechargeable lithium-ion cells connected together to form the battery pack. Lithium-ion cells are the most popular because of their cost efficiency , offering the most optimal trade-off between energy storage capacity and price.

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EV Life

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Electric Car Charging Stations. If you’re thinking about driving an electric car but are concerned about the battery range not being long enough, you’re not alone. Fortunately, most people’s range anxiety can be cured by actually driving an electric car. Evaluate your home charging options. Level 1 charging.

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Plug In India

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Kamlesh We managed to recharge the car from 40% to 60% in 15 minutes! This o nly consumed five units of electricity! The efficiency and the frugality of this car is amazing! I love this car! and a highway trip on a small electric car! Since the Nexon EV was launched - where are small electric cars?

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Self-Generation Nation – Solar Sales Soar Amid Escalating Energy Costs. Over the past decade, the European energy marketplace has continued to experience increasing volatility. million installations across the UK , solar PV deployment provides a combined national energy capacity of approximately 13.6 With almost 1.1

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

In what has been the transmission tunnel since the days of the Countach, there is a lithium-ion battery instead, which powers the electric motors. The electric motors boost power delivery at low revs and can also turn the new LB744 into a purely electric car, reducing overall CO 2 emissions by 30% compared to the Aventador Ultimae.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 28, 2023

We can’t expect the market to move en masse towards electric until the public recharging network matches the landscape for petrol-powered vehicles. To put that in context, we need to explore the cost of charging an electric car at a public charging station, and see how businesses can reduce EV charging station costs.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The environmental impact of plug-in electric cars continues to be the subject of significant discussion and debate among those less familiar with the technology and its impacts.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 31, 2017

The question is a reasonable one: electric cars may be zero-emission, but what about the electricity to recharge them? While renewable energy is growing globally, burning fossil fuels is still the source of most electric power today. The good news is that in most areas of the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University may have found a way to revitalize rechargeable lithium batteries, potentially boosting the range of electric vehicles and battery life in next-gen electronic devices. —Fang Liu.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The overall carbon emissions associated with electric cars decrease as the electricity used to recharge them gets cleaner. And the latest statistics from the International Energy Agency (IEA) will be good news indeed for electric-car drivers.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 4, 2015

Many electric-car owners start to think more seriously about the source of their electricity when they plug their cars in to recharge. And at least in California, data show that owners of plug-in electric cars have far higher interest in photovoltaic solar panels than drivers at large.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

Once the parts are no longer needed, the mono-material can be recycled or used for energy recovery in incineration plants. Volvo Cars first worked with Bcomp in 2018 for the Volvo Ocean Race Recycled Plastics Demonstrator Vehicle, followed by its most recent concept car, the Volvo Cars Concept Recharge in 2021.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 16, 2017

One of the benefits of electric cars is that slowing down becomes a useful activity. Regenerative braking recovers energy normally lost as friction heat, as it does when the accelerator pedal is not pushed and the car is coasting.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The environmental impact of plug-in electric cars is a source for much debate these days. They use less energy on a wells-to-wheels carbon basis than the vast majority of new cars sold in North America, even if they''re recharged on coal-heavy electric grids.

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