Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2010

Six months into the CABLED trial (Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Demonstrators) ( earlier post ), Aston University’s research reveals that drivers are travelling more miles more frequently and are undertaking longer journeys, indicating increased confidence and notably reduced ‘range anxiety’. Energy used per journey.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have demonstrated in the laboratory a lithium-sulfur (Li/S) battery that has more than twice the specific energy of lithium-ion batteries, and that lasts for more than 1,500 cycles of charge-discharge with minimal decay of the battery’s capacity.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2014

Zipcar has introduced a 2014 Honda Fit battery electric vehicle (EV) at The University of California, Davis’ (UC Davis) West Village , the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States. In the course of a year, the community is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

The development of universal technology standards will accelerate this transition, and Proterra is actively working to promote interoperability across technology platforms. Recharge time is approximately six hours for an E2 Catalyst utilizing a J1772-CCS plug-in connection.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2014

The Rapitán & Rapitán Sport will be powered by a 40 kW air-cooled brushless induction motor delivering 125 N·m (92 lb-ft) of torque, and a Li-ion battery-based energy storage system. Maximum speed is 145 km/h (90 mph) and expected range is 200 km (124 miles) in the city; 110 km (68 miles) on the highway; and 140 km (87 miles) combined.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

Professors Frances Sprei of Sweden’s Chalmers University and Willett Kempton of the University of Delaware are EV technology and usage experts. Are tomorrow’s trips less than the miles shown on the gauge now?” “How If recharging is started at the right time and place, it takes only seconds to plug in. Get started here. –

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

They are not only used for personal commuting, but they are also being used in agriculture, public transportation, last-mile operation and even in firefighting. The main type of battery used is Lithium-ion and when the charge is depleted the batteries can be recharged again. In fuel cell cars we do not have to recharge the battery.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. Experts urged greater efforts on China’s part to boost development of the new energy vehicle industry.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The US Department of Energy and its research and development facility, Argonne National Laboratory, will provide competition management, team evaluation and technical and logistical support. All of the vehicles use a renewable energy source that displaces petroleum consumption. Extended Range Electric Vehicles (EREV).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

Electric vehicle chargers that offer this kind of power deliver energy for up to 20 miles of range per minute, which is seven times faster than today’s 50 kW DC chargers. EV owners need a convenient, reliable and fast turnaround in recharging their vehicles. —Mark McNabb, President and CEO of Electrify America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2011

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a self-assembling three-dimensional nanostructure for battery cathodes (Li-ion and NiMH) that allows for faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity. Most capacitors store very little energy. (b) Lithiated MnO 2 cathode.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. It had a 264 kWh battery pack powering the tractor’s twin motors with more than 4,000 lb-ft of torque and a range estimated at up to 150 miles. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

1 ] The average daily driving distance in the USA is 30 miles (48 km), so PHEVLERs are vehicles with at least 60 miles (97 km) of electric range. The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. He has a Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

Using technology developed by Proterra, the lightweight, composite-body bus recharges in about 10 minutes. near Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research. Proterra Inc. was founded in 2004 and is currently manufacturing buses in a temporary plant in Greenville, S.C. later this year.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 29, 2023

The future of carbon-free energy smells like teriyaki and sounds like a low-flying 737. But here, and in an even more anonymous office park nearby, startup Zap Energy is trialing a prototype reactor that is already producing high-energy neutrons from nuclear fusion—if not yet enough to send power back into the grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

The components or waveguides to transmit the energy to the desired weld area. The ultrasonic welding of high conductivity materials such as copper and aluminum requires substantially less energy than does resistance welding, notes Sonobond, a leading provider of ultrasonic welding equipment. (In foot-long (1.6

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test True Long Range: 1,796 Miles and Four States in a 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Ford presented a great opportunity to test the long-range suitability of the 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E when I received an invitation to attend the Ford Bronco Off-Roadeo program in Moab, Utah. miles per kWh.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. kWh (EPA is now using $0.13 mp and a fuel price of $2.35

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2011

Addressing automotive environmental and energy supply problems would be better done by working from the market end first, rather than through technology push, according to a recent report by Dr John Wormald, Managing Partner of auto POLIS, an automotive consultancy. Wormald’s roadmap to an 80% reduction in automotive GHG by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 22, 2007

“We want to test it and get it into production,” Mr [Anders] Jensen, head of the Smart brand team, told the Financial Times on Wednesday.The brand chose London for the pilot in part because of its network of free public recharging stations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

New work by a team at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada has found that more than one-third of Canadian buyers want a plug-in vehicle (PEV), with the majority of those (89—93%) wanting a plug-in hybrid rather than a pure electric vehicle. The latter report was published in Energy Economics. PEVs look “strange”). Axsen, J.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The US Department of Energy is awarding $106 million in funding for 37 research projects selected in the second round by the DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Evaluations were based on scientific and technical merit and the potential for high impact on national energy and economic goals. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Ito said both vehicles are integral to what Honda is calling its Electric Mobility Network, an approach to reducing CO 2 emissions through a range of products, energy-management and energy-production technologies. The all-electric mode achieves a range of approximately 10-15 miles in city driving and a top speed of 62 mph (100 km/h).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2009

Simulated test phases ranged from 7 stops per mile and a top speed of 20 mph during the central business district phase to 1 stop and a top speed of 40 mph during the commuter phase. Calculated diesel equivalent fuel economy for each phase was: 21.35 mpg on the central business district phase, 17.55 mpg on the arterial phase and 29.23

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., Their study appears in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. … The functional unit was defined to be 120,000 miles (193,000 km) evenly delivered over a 10-year period. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Redox flow batteries (RFB) are chemical energy storage devices, and use dissolved redox couples (an oxidizing agent and a reducing agent in an electron transfer process) held in separate external tanks; electricity is converted in a separate power module. The devices could theoretically be recharged at a station in a few minutes. “

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

The study looked at a variety of factors that can affect the relative performance of these vehicles, including the role of low temperatures in reducing battery performance; regional differences in average number of miles driven annually; and the different mix of generating sources in different parts of the US.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers conveniently to charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices. —Dieter Gantenbein, leader of the Smart Grid research project at IBM Research – Zurich.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2009

Using a micro-hybrid system featuring carbon/carbon ultracapacitor units as energy storage can result in significant increases in fuel economy over a baseline conventional vehicle, according to a study by Dr. Andrew Burke at UC Davis. In this mode, the engine both recharges the ultracapacitors and provides power to drive the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2014

Hyundai’s position on fuel cell vehicles is that they alleviate the limitations of traditional battery-electric vehicles with respect to range and refueling (recharging) time. kWh, 24 kW Li-ion battery pack (the same as in the Sonata hybrid) provides energy storage from regeneration. kg at 700 bar (10,000 psi). million km).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

The West Midlands consortium, called CABLED—short for Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Demonstrators—is made up of 13 organizations, led by Arup, a company with experience that crosses all areas that touch this project, from vehicle design to planning, to infrastructure and energy. Ford Focus Battery Electric Vehicle.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

There has been a growing push from many sides saying that Hydrogen is the answer to all our energy problems. This is critical to understanding the bigger picture of energy politics. Hydrogen is the most abundant chemical substance in the universe, constituting roughly 75% of all normal matter. But it is not. Quote: JCB Blog .

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Baua Electric

MAY 28, 2024

Memorial Day deals are still lingering, with today’s Green Deals coming in with both first-time arrivals and older returns, headlined by the rare discount we’ve found on Tesla’s Universal Wall Connector Level 2 Hardwired EV Charger at $580. Usually going for $620, this is a rare opportunity to save money on this universally compatible device.

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EV Connect

APRIL 12, 2021

Batteries have made big strides, but they are still largely limited to about a 250-mile range on the high end. Department of Energy study of electric vehicle infrastructure found a significant shortage of fast-charging (DCFC) station availability across the country. averaged 18 stations per 1,000 square miles. A 2017 U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

” Familiarity about the Nissan Leaf stood at 17%, and product knowledge for some of its characteristics was also low among those familiar with the car: 30% of those familiar with the Leaf agreed with the correct statement that “the battery pack that runs the Nissan Leaf should last around 100,000 miles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2010

IBM and its partners have launched a multi-year research initiative exploring rechargeable Li-air systems for transportation—The Battery 500 Project ( earlier post )—but are viewing it in terms of a multi-decade development cycle. Also on the list of five is the arrival of advanced batteries, including air batteries (e.g.,

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