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Canoo delivers electric Light Tactical Vehicle to Army for analysis & demonstration

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Canoo delivered its new Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV) to the United States Army for Analysis & Demonstration in fulfillment of the $67,500 contract awarded in July 2022. The vehicle also needs the ability to generate, store and distribute power effectively to the Soldier. 4 Wheel Drive or All Wheel Drive. Mud-terrain tires.

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AKASOL to supply battery systems for Alstom’s hydrogen trains

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AKASOL will supply battery systems for more than 40 Coradia iLint hydrogen trains ( earlier post ), which have been ordered from Alstom by the Lower Saxony Transit Authority and the Rhine/Main Regional Transport Association. Based in Darmstadt, AKASOL has been engaged in the development of train batteries for more than ten years.

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Maxwell supplying ultracapacitors for light rail braking energy recuperation system; 2.8% energy savings

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is supplying ultracapacitors for an energy-saving braking energy recuperation system that American Maglev Technology (AMT), is installing on light rail vehicles operated by the Portland, Oregon area’s Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District (TriMet). Source: TIGGER, Tri-Met. Click to enlarge. Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

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

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This will effectively turn the electric vehicles’ batteries into mobile energy storage devices that can also supply electricity when required. In this way, electricity from renewable sources can be tapped and stored as it becomes available. The project will enter its practical phase at the start of 2021.

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ŠKODA collaborates with IBG ?esko on second-life battery energy storage system; up to 328 kWh

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The system stores sustainably generated electricity in used batteries that come from the all-electric SUV ŠKODA ENYAQ iV as well as the plug-in hybrid models SUPERB iV and OCTAVIA iV. The system has a total capacity of up to 328 kWh, which can be used to supply fast-charging stations with a transmission power of up to 150 kW.

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GenH2 launches mobile hydrogen liquefaction system

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With a mission to provide light-scale infrastructure solutions for liquid hydrogen, GenH2 designed the LS20 with the capability of producing small amounts of liquid hydrogen in order to provide access to more hydrogen researchers and hydrogen industry players. Hydrogen detection sensor, oxygen monitoring, IR hydrogen flame detectors; and.

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Toyota developing external power supply system and V2H for fuel cell buses

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FC Bus Power Supply System and the V2H System. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has developed an external power supply system that uses electricity generated within a fuel cell bus (FC bus) to supply electrical power to devices such as home electrical appliances. Click to enlarge. kW for 50 hours. Earlier post.).

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