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8 Reasons Government Grants Should Include Funding for Level 1 Charging Infrastructure

EV Adoption

As we wait for Congress to fully return from their recess and vote on various legislation, I continue to be extremely concerned about how as much as $10 billion in federal government grants will be be spent on EV charging infrastructure. In short, I’m predicting what I call the “overcharging of America.”.

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How Automotive Dealerships Can Save Money with Battery Energy Storage

Blink Charging

A BESS is a type of technology that utilizes batteries to store and supply reliable electricity when needed at desired levels and quality. Unlike Level 2 chargers that use 208/240-volt (V) input, DC fast chargers demand 480 V (often necessitating a new transformer). According to the U.S.

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Audi introduces Q5 TFSI e PHEV to US market; EPA-rated at 65 MPGe

Green Car Congress

The lithium-ion battery pack, located under the luggage compartment floor, is made up of 104 prismatic cells and stores 14.1 kWh of energy with a voltage of 381 volts. The combustion engine responds quickly to acceleration if needed, and is started back up nearly undetectably. Additional state incentives may also be available.

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Utah Transits Authority adding 5 battery-electric New Flyer buses to fleet

Green Car Congress

million Low-No grant from the US Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to purchase five New Flyer battery-electric buses. The NMC Li-ion battery pack in the electric Xcelsior stores up to 300 kWh, powering a 160 kW Siemens electric drive system. UTA and the University of Utah received a $5.4-million Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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London study suggests PHEV vans a practical, accessible solution for cleaner air in European cities

Green Car Congress

million) grant from the UK Government-funded Advanced Propulsion Centre—consisted of 20 Ford Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid vans ( earlier post ) covering 240,000 km (150,000 miles) over a 12-month period. The trial—supported by a £4.7-million million (US$5.9-million)

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

Cars That Think

Energy is something we take for granted, because we just plug things into the wall, and it feels as inevitable as air. volts for about 60 hours. For capacitors, voltage translates to electrons stored —the voltage drop across a capacitor is proportional to its total charge.)

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Print an Arduino-Powered Color Mechanical Television

Cars That Think

This early programming established many of the formats we take for granted today, such as variety shows and outside broadcasts. Images and movies are stored and read from a SD card (6). I used a low-noise 12-volt DC XD-3420 motor, which is easily obtained. thousands of lines ). James Provost. SPI connection.

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