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Audi unveils e-gas project: synthetic methane from the methanation of green hydrogen; series production of CNG models in 2013 powered by e-gas

Green Car Congress

The e-gas project consists of two main components: Audi is contributing to the construction of offshore North Sea wind turbines which will generate clean power,that is then fed into the public power grid. Audi wants to use green power to produce and also operate its electric-drive e-tron models in the future.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ 15 ] Electric power grids are designed with capacity to serve the highest power peaks demanded (e.g. For maximum efficiency the recharging of electric vehicles should be managed via the electric power companies and regulated by the public utility commissions. [

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

Cars That Think

They certainly don’t understand the interdependencies, which are very similar to the software development processes you were just referring to. As I say, these power adapters that convert AC to DC, they get more efficient. Your power supplies in your computer get more efficient, and your power supplies in your grid center.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But when people talk about payback, they refer only to the net dollars to the driver. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ].

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