Blink Charging

MARCH 3, 2022

The Leaf models were used as portable power stations , with enough juice to power the average Japanese home for four days, power 6,200 smartphones, or run 100 elevator round trips in a 48-story building. . It can recharge where the power supply has been restored, and then drive on to another hard-hit region.”

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. Forerunner of the famous EV1, the Impact was regarded as the most advanced electric car of its day, thanks to its solid-state power controls, induction motor, and integrated charger.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

An EV like this would need to store 6KWHrs of power in the batteries if we assume the system is 100% efficient. If we wanted to recharge this from 110V domestic service we would need to pull 10,800,000/110 = 96,000 amps. When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Sorry the market killed the EV1.

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