Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This suggests that the shift towards EVs presents a significant opportunity to reduce our carbon footprint by decreasing CO 2 emissions and improving air quality. As one MIT report found, on average, “a fully electric vehicle emits about 25 percent less carbon than a comparable hybrid car.” Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

8" GaN-on-Si Super Junction Devices for Next Generation Power Electronics - $4,521,601. The MIT will develop a new generation of power electronics based on vertical gallium nitride (GaN) superjunction diodes and transistors that can vastly exceed the performance of today’s GaN power devices. Stanford University.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The awards are presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors. CHAN MIT “For pioneering technical contributions and leadership in the fields of space and terrestrial optical communications and networks.” HAGIT MESSER-YARON Tel Aviv University “For contributions to sensing of the environment using wireless communication networks.”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Agrees on environmental and economic benefits, though some presentations backtrack on that; says batteries need further development before commitment to mass-production.

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