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Oorja Protonics Introduces New Direct Methanol Fuel Cell On-Board Battery Charger

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Oorja Protonics , a developer and manufacturer of direct methanol fuel cell technology ( earlier post ), has introduced the OorjaPac Model 1 to its product line. kW power output, Model 1 has the highest power output in the methanol fuel cell industry, according to Oorja. With a 4.5 The operating cost for the Model 1 is $0.18/kW-hour.

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Calif. Energy Commission approves energy efficiency rules for battery charger systems; automotive chargers exempted

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The rules explicitly exclude devices used to charge a motor vehicle that is powered by an electric motor drawing current from rechargeable storage batteries, fuel cells, or other portable sources of electrical current, and which may include a nonelectrical source of power designed to charge batteries and components.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. Rapid Recharge & Share, Dearborn. It also reduces fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Remote Repositioning, Atlanta.

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Practical aspects of off-grid EV charging

Charged EVs

Unless the EV was a golf cart, you’ll have to reconfigure the cells to deliver 48 V nominal, so don’t count on using the original BMS (which probably won’t work, anyway, without a lot of code-hacking) and you’ll still be taking the risk that the battery was abused so much that it has no real usable capacity left.

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Practical aspects of off-grid EV charging – Charged EVs

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Unless the EV was a golf cart, you’ll have to reconfigure the cells to deliver 48 V nominal, so don’t count on using the original BMS (which probably won’t work, anyway, without a lot of code-hacking) and you’ll still be taking the risk that the battery was abused so much that it has no real usable capacity left.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

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Alternative-fuel cars were some of the hottest items on display at the Shanghai auto show from homegrown companies like Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., and Korean golf cart maker CT&T Co. Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. and Chery Automobile Co. BYD has said it is aware of these issues and is working resolve them.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla. will become less common over the next 10-years and that a mix of alternative fuel vehicles including electric, biofuel, hydrogen and solar will and is now seeing tremendous market growth.