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Study finds GWP of electrolyzed hydrogen to meet ORD’s fuel needs would be 2.5x that of fossil fuels with 2020 grid mix

Green Car Congress

Phil Ansell, an aerospace engineer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, modeled the life cycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of liquid hydrogen production required to meet the fuel needs of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) with today’s electric grid mix.

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Wallbox introduces Quasar 2 next-generation bidirectional home charger at CES 2022

Green Car Congress

As well as enabling EV owners to charge and discharge their electric vehicle to power their home or the grid, Wallbox’s latest innovation is designed to give EV drivers the ability to isolate their home from the grid and use their EV for backup power during a blackout. Providing up to 11.5

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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

Clean Fleet Report

Preheating your car when it’s still plugged in is highly recommended–this will use energy from the power grid instead of taking from the battery’s reserves, saving valuable energy for driving. By doing this, less energy will be used because it takes more energy to raise the temperature than maintain it.

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The Cash Back Hybrid

Plug In Partners

Here's an example from Spectrum Online : Can plug-in hybrid electric vehicles keep the electric grid stable? By John Voelcker First Published October 2007 Google , a former CIA director , the Natural Resources Defense Council , a U.S. Today the VtoG concept is a respectable topic in respectable circles.

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EV myths busted: The most common electric vehicle misconceptions

Drive Electric

No matter where you’re driving, you can always be reassured of the distance your EV can traverse by checking your car’s Vehicle Emissions and Energy Economy Label or looking up its estimated range , and using your GPS or Google Maps to calculate the distance of your longer trips ahead of time.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. And local electrical grids may need reinforcement. February 15, 2010. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car.

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IEEE Celebrates Engineering Brilliance

Cars That Think

IEEE MILDRED DRESSELHAUS MEDAL Sponsor: Google CLAIRE J. IEEE MEDAL IN POWER ENGINEERING Sponsors: The IEEE Industry Applications , Industrial Electronics , Power Electronics , and Power & Energy societies DEEPAK DIVAN Georgia Tech “For contributions to advanced power conversion technologies for modern electric power grids.”

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