DIY Electric Car
MARCH 27, 2008
Conventional cars work by exploding fuel and air in a chamber to exert force on the pistons, but what if rather than using an explosion to provide that pressure on the piston, you just stored your ‘fuel’ at a constant high pressure. That’s the concept behind the air car , and it looks like a pretty promising technology.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2014
Solutions for passenger ‘green’ cars with market maturity and infrastructure availability. Surplus electricity generated from renewables could be stored in batteries or could be converted via power-to-gas technology into synthetic methane (SNG), liquid fuels or hydrogen. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2016
On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. 21 ] Cleaner Cars from Cradle to Grave - Union of Concerned Scientists, Nov 2015. [
Green Cars News
JULY 11, 2009
Hot on the heels of McDonald’s announcing it will install an electric vehicle charging station at one of its North Carolina restaurants (for more see our article ‘ McDonald’s embraces electric cars ‘), Burger King has jumped on the fast food green car bandwagon.
Green Cars News
JULY 11, 2009
The recuperation technology offers further savings by recycling a proportion of the wasted kinetic energy generated under normal braking and storing it temporarily in the vehicle battery to reduce the engine load when the car accelerates again. Tags: Audi Green cars Latest news Audi A4 new Audi A4.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 19, 2009
With its help, fuel usage is reduced by as much as three per cent in the A3.
Green Cars News
JULY 9, 2009
Recuperation technology provides further fuel and CO2 savings by recycling a proportion of the wasted kinetic energy which is generated under normal braking and normally dissipated as heat, and storing this temporarily in the vehicle battery to reduce the engine load when the car subsequently accelerates again.
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