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The Transformer Transformer

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Charette was reporting on the infrastructure improvements required to make the transition to electrical vehicles possible. Modern power grids cant run without transformers, which step voltages up and down for distribution from power plants to power stations and on to homes and businesses.

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Opinion: Are Chinese electric cars really spyware on wheels? Or is it all tin-hat conspiracy at its finest?

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I often face-palm while reading the comments below EV reviews from people who say they refuse to buy Chinese cars because the communists are definitely coming for us, and electric vehicles are just bigger, smarter versions of the malware Huawei was trying to sneak into our 5G networks. So what’s the situation down under?

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Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg

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Danish Minister for Transport Trine Bramsen, Aalborg municipal government representatives, and European media were invited to witness the first test runs of Geely methanol vehicles on Danish roads and visit the e-methanol production facility at Aalborg University. Both have their own advantages and together complement each other, Geely says.

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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

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Respectively, each one is suitable for a very different type of drive concept: for electric cars, fuel-cell vehicles and CNG vehicles. Audi wants to use green power to produce and also operate its electric-drive e-tron models in the future. Wind turbines are the first significant component of the Audi e-gas project.

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Lightweight electromobile with ROHACELL body crosses Australia almost exclusively on wind energy

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The Wind Explorer pilot vehicle is a two-seated electromobile that weighs just 200 kg (441 lbs) and with a range of 400 kilometers (249 miles) per battery charge. Its lithium-ion batteries, based on yet another Evonik technology, are charged by a mobile wind turbine or in the conventional way from the power grid.

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CMU researchers find controlled charging of PHEVs can cut cost of integration into electricity system by 54-73%; higher benefits with wind power

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In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario.

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AC Propulsion sends eBox EV to Denmark for V2G research focused on buffering intermittent renewable energy

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AC Propulsion has delivered an AC Propulsion-powered eBox to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where it will be used to evaluate Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operation as part of a research program. AC Propulsion is a pioneer in the development of V2G systems and has supplied eBox vehicles to several V2G test programs.