Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

year EU-funded project developing a prototype material which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts ( earlier post )—has created two components for the testing and further development of the technology. Close up of the trunk lid carbon fiber composite.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

Hertz On Demand in Germany will supply electric vehicles to the car share fleet used by IBM employees to drive between Stuttgart Airport and the company’s campus in Ehningen, about 30 km (18.6 and San Francisco); the UK (London); and China (Shenzhen). miles) away. available to the public in New York, Washington, D.C.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2013

Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell models ( earlier post ) are joining the London Hydrogen Network Expansion (LNHE) project. Two hydrogen fuel stations are already open in London—one of which has public access—with a third to come as part of the LHNE project. The ix35 Fuel Cell. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Part funding for the project has been requested from the regional development agency, Advantage West Midlands. London South East Bid. Individuals can apply to participate in these research trials across the London South East and West Midlands regions. 60 vehicles are planned for the London South East region.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. When the vehicle is on the move all the cells are used equally to supply energy. The production version of the i3. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

are rushing out cars that can be recharged at electrical outletsas the U.S. billion in federal funds to a 5-year program aimed atspeeding development of hydrogen as a vehicle fuel as part ofefforts to wean the U.S. Automakers must plan for an eventual tightening of globaloil supplies and pressure to cut greenhouse gases, Fukui said.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 26, 2009

A: They will play an active part, along with other companies in the Electric Vehicle Group. Q: Currently only London can claim to have, in anyway, a widespread distribution of recharging points for electric vehicles – how do you envisage this problem to be solved?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

Dimethyl ether shows some potential as an alternative fuel; however, there are presently disadvantages which need resolution in terms of lubricity and corrosion together with the creation of sufficient production and supply networks. Shipping is vital to the world economy.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

In London we have congestion charge, plus a customer dense network. With very few moving parts, there is little that can break, so maintenance is infrequent and cheap. It will take some campaigning: convince people an EV is not a hassle, that they can use their own sockets and drive 180 kilometres without recharging, she says.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Conversely, short bursts of power can also be absorbed by the SpeedStart generator to recharge the battery during vehicle decelerations. Power for the battery and VTES electric supercharger is not only supplied by the SpeedStart ISG but also the TIGERS exhaust driven turbo-generator.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Second, the United States Department of Energy explains that maintenance costs are lower for EVs because they have fewer fluids (oil and transmission fluid) that need to be changed and far fewer moving parts that need maintenance or replacing. That said, the simplified motor of electric cars also has a drawback. Is EV charging fast enough?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 9, 2009

Along with Tedd Abramson’s Zero Truck in San Diego and Smith Trucks in London, we now have EVI (I keep wanting to write that as EV1:~). The trucks can be supplied with lithium phosphate batteries (right) from Valence Technologies, or lead-acid batteries from Trojan. Now EVI believes cash-strapped U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

The front end of the battery is equipped with the Battery Management Controller (BMC) which performs safety, diagnostic and monitoring functions and also regulates the battery’s temperature in the Battery Junction Controller (interface to energy supply for the motor). Here I can see all the parts together. Bottom right. Soeren Hinze.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Brighton is set to become the UK’s most electric vehicle (EV)-friendly city outside London, with a little help from Elektromotive, the electric car recharging point maker. Plans to install 20 Elektrobay roadside charging stations over the coming year are part of a concerted effort to encourage zero-emissions motoring in the city.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The two companies have made a series of deals across the world supplying carsfor the electrification programmes of cities and whole countries – Denmark,Israel and Portugal among them. Witha 60-mile range, most felt the need to recharge after 30 miles or so. Post to Fark Post to Yahoo! Please read our Privacy Policy.To

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A key thing, he said, will be to recharge the batteries at an acceptable time for the electricity grid — to “make sure people aren’t charging at the very peak, peak time,” like late afternoon when the electricity grid is already weighted down by demands like air conditioning. The best part? The elegance of that is wonderful.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The life cycle to which we refer has two parts: The vehicle cycle begins with mining the raw materials, refining them, turning them into components, and assembling them. Even if that were possible, there would also have to be an enormous increase in charging infrastructure and in material supply chains.

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