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Thermal Energy Storage Is No Longer Just Hot Air

Cars That Think

The company is building these shipping container systems, which work like giant batteries that store energy as heat and pressurized air , rather than a chemical reaction (Cheesecake’s name is derived from a nerdy acronym for their technology.) They gradually lose capacity with each discharge and recharge cycle, and they can be fire hazards.

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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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Daimler Buses introduces Citaro hybrid bus; available on diesel and gas models; separate 48V network

Green Car Congress

The electric power generated by recuperation is stored in a bank of supercapacitors. These electricity storage units are characterized by a high power density. Braking to a stop from a speed of 50 km/h just once is enough to recharge the power storage units in the Citaro hybrid.

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European Researchers Developing Multifunctional Structural Composite Material That Can Double as Energy Storage

Green Car Congress

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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Daimler Unveils F800 Style Research Vehicle; Plug-in Hybrid or Fuel Cell Drive Again Highlights Modular Approach

Green Car Congress

The new F800 Style is a five-seat upper-range sedan featuring an all-new multi drive platform suited for a hydrogen fuel cell electric drive with a range of almost 600 kilometers (373 miles) as well as the a plug-in hybrid drive with a 30 km (19 mile) all-electric range. Electric motor output (kW/hp).

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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

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It optimizes energy consumption based on grid constraints, energy pricing, renewable energy availability, locally stored energy, preconfigured EV owner preferences, and driver needs. The energy from the EV batteries is available to the electric grid to serve peak needs, with the vehicles recharging during non-peak hours.