Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. By 2050, as many as 1 million circuit miles of new transmission lines may be needed, with some 140,000 miles required just for the replacement of existing aging transmission lines.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

At COP27, he said that even though the first legally binding international treaty on climate change, known as the Paris Agreement , was adopted nearly a decade ago, countries have yet to come to a consensus on how to stop burning fossil fuels, among other issues. The whole world is one grid. Many countries already do so.

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Climate Change Climate Coal Grid 95

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Among the technical updates are an upgrade to the plug-in hybrid system in the Passat GTE that extends the all-electric range to to up to around 55 km (34 miles) in the WLTP cycle (approximately 70 km (43.5 miles) in NEDC) and the introduction of features from the IQ.DRIVE suite of developing autonomous driving technologies.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid. Sounds good to us; driving the upcoming Chevy Volt 200 miles only to find out the cars charger plug doesnt fit the jack at the hotel sure isnt my idea of a good time.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

It’s fairly well known by now that EVs cost far less per mile to drive than their closest ICE counterparts, and the main reason is simply that the EV drivetrain is far more efficient at converting its stored form of energy into motion. To summarize, while charging, current flows through various wires, cables, and connectors from the grid ?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

The e-gas plant only operates when there is too much electricity from renewable sources in the grid. The e-gas is virtually identical to fossil natural gas and is distributed via an existing infrastructure—the German natural gas network—to the CNG filling stations beginning in Germany in fall 2013.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

A lot of people don’t understand how that can be, but if you think about the topology of a charger, there’s the power electronics that are connected to the grid—that’s where the cabinet is—then there’s a cable going from there to where the vehicle is, and then there’s vehicle coupling. We’re somewhere in the 90 to 92% range.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

miles) and at least eight years in operation. Under a venture with the motto “From Road to Grid”, Audi is therefore currently working on a concept to convert old batteries into stationary energy stores. A first test setup located near Ingolstadt recently started supplying the grid. Fast charging and Audi wireless charging.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A PUMA runs on lithium ion batteries, can reach 35 miles per hour, and can travel up to 35 miles between charges. One of them is bringing out a nice looking 4-passenger electric with a 110 mile range. My Vespa scooter gets 100 miles to the gallon and can carry two people and two bags of groceries under the seat.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

miles) under electric power; and high-energy battery vehicles for longer distances. With power drawn from the single-phase German household grid with its output of 230 volts, capacity extends up to 3.6 Audi recently held a TechDay in Ingolstadt focused on its efforts to electrify the driveline. Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Just a few days after the California Air Resource Board's mandate came out, Governor Newsom had to publicly beg electric vehicle owners not to charge their cars due to concerns of the power grid and blackouts. Furthermore, the EPA cannot legally issue a formal ban on combustion vehicles.

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