Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2009

These battery applications include idle-reduction systems for long-haul trucks, military applications, utility ancillary services and power quality, and consumer products. The electric drive manufacturing area is focused on production plants for components and subcomponents for the power electronics and electric machines (PEEM) used in EDVs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2015

The Route extended range electric powertrains incorporate a range-extending genset designed to recharge the high-power battery pack (currently from A123 Systems) and Wrightspeed’s own geared traction drive (GTD) ( earlier post ). Weighing in at 250 lbs (113.4 The 65 kW Capstone unit weighs 300 lbs (136.1

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. slow charge.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. GM calls the Volt an extended-range electric vehicle, or EREV. It is different from a plug-in hybrid, or PHEV, which runs on both battery power and gasoline.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Although charging infrastructure is beginning to find its way into cities, it may be awhile until they are available in residential neighborhoods en masse. Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank. One of the main drawbacks to charge stations is speed.

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