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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [

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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Cars That Think

They gradually lose capacity with each discharge and recharge cycle, and they can be fire hazards. Their system can take electricity or heat as input and releases hot air or steam in the range of 170 to 400 degrees Celsius as output. Getting a 100 percent decarbonized grid is nothing but an optimization problem.”—Matthew

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Volvo Buses officially launches the all-new plug-in Electric Hybrid bus

Green Car Congress

Recharging takes approximately 6 minutes at end stations. The bus, which can operate about 70% of the time on electricity, has an electric range of about 7 kilometers (4.3 Volvo Electric Hybrid drive system. Electric motor/generator (I-SAM). ESS (Electrical Storage System). Diesel engine.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

The site was built with maximum flexibility so that we could change things, swap out chargers, move things around and learn from the process of installing battery electric storage or putting solar on the site or what a megawatt charging unit would do under full power in partnership with the utility. What happens when we plug in 1.2-megawatt

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

Driivz

Smart EV Charging and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G). Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver. Advantages of Smart Energy Management for Fleets.