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€33.7M AgiloDrive2 project for electric motor production launches

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The phase two project was preceded by an 18-month collaborative project— AgiloDrive —with the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT), which was funded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics, Labor, and Tourism. Stator with hairpin winding from the pilot phase of the AgiloDrive research project at KIT.

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Dead Tesla cars pile up at Chicago Superchargers in extreme cold

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Yesterday, the windy city had a temperature of 2F (-19C) that felt like- 20F (-29C) after the wind factor. Fox News reported on a bunch of Tesla vehicles stuck with no power and unable to charge at a Supercharger in Chicago: Tesla owners are reporting not being able to start charging their vehicles once plugged in. Stay safe out there.

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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

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Not only will electric vehicles with bidirectional charging capability be able to draw electrical power for their high-voltage battery when plugged into a compatible charging station or wallbox, they will also have the ability to reverse the process and feed energy back into the power grid.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

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A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough. And plenty of technology remains left to be worked out: including the complex supporting infrastructure, business models, and various forms of electric plugs and chargers, alongside their sometimes confounding range of pin configurations. Not so independent.

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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

And the answer is to hopefully give them better wind protection. All of the panels are wired for the inverter/battery/charge controller gear (which is an all-in-one unit) and the kit includes all of the adapters. The three units are all designed to plug into each other and cascade power between them, making this a simple operation.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC. Online discussions convinced me, however, that this is the expected behavior when commanding a motor to maintain a fixed amperage in its windings (thus applying constant torque) while under little load.

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Audis e-tron quattro EV: evolutionary powertrain with a dash of revolution for production in 2018; MLB evo

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This could eventually have a role comparable to that of the Volkswagen Group’s modular diesel and modular gasoline engine kits (MDB and MOB). (“Baukasten” = German for construction kit). The resulting two-motor system could become part of the MLB evo kit, said Prof. Hackenberg said.

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