Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 27, 2006

The MIT Technology Review reports plug-in hybrids a big 2006 energy story: "The plug-in hybrid-vehicle era begins. See "How Plug-In Hybrids Will Save the Grid." ) Battery costs still need to drop before such cars will approach the price of conventional hybrids or gas-only vehicles.

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MIT Energy PHEV Gasoline-Electric 100

Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2023

Gretchen Ertl/CFS/MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center CFS, a startup spun out of decades of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is among the leaders of a new wave of fusion-energy projects that have emerged in the past decade, taking advantage of technological advances as well as a surge in private-sector investment.

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Fusion Molten Salt MIT Building 98

Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

The accelerating buildout of solar farms on Earth is already hitting speed bumps, including public pushback against the large tracts of land required and a ballooning backlog of requests for new transmission lines and grid connections. The energy sent Earthward by the craft was too meager to power a lightbulb, but it was progress nonetheless.

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Power Powered Solar Fusion 143

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2011

GE, NRG Energy, Inc. and ConocoPhillips have formed a joint venture— Energy Technology Ventures —and have committed $300 million in capital to it to fund approximately 30 venture- and growth-stage companies over the next four years. Ciris Energy , Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

During HCCI operation the engine creates a low temperature, flameless, release of energy that is “ initiated by retaining the heat from the previous combustion cycle. GM sees energy storage density as one of the attractive attributes of hydrogen, compared to a straight battery-electric solution. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

charger is also required, though ideally the existing motor controllers might be used as grid chargers. Vehicle-to-grid interface technology is also particularly well suited to Plug-in vehicles. Recharge a Car, Recharge the Grid, Recharge the Planet Google.org supports PHEV & V2G with [link] project.

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PHEV Prius Gasoline-Electric Plug-in 49

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Ioxus , a young (2006) ultracapacitor spin-off from Custom Electronics, an established supplier of high-reliability capacitors to commercial and military clients since 1964, is targeting the development of higher power density, compact ultracapacitors, applied in a full range of applications spanning military, industrial and automotive needs.

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Power Powered Lead Acid Chad 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

Typical applications of the new convection battery would be plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric grid energy storage, they suggested. Reduced separator and current collector materials which results in lower cost and higher energy density batteries. Gordon (2011) High-Energy Density Flow Battery Validation.

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Batteries Battery 2011 Lead Acid 261

Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 25, 2008

During the past couple of years the American driving public has witnessed how dependent they are of gasoline, and vulnerable to rapidly increasing energy prices. The battery pack is comprised of 5,088 lithium-ion cells for a cummulative 35kWhrs of energy storage. Click here to see more photos of the BMW MINI E. ].

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Mini E BMW Power Powered 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. Establishing dealer network. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid.

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PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $49.4 The new program-wide funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0000991 ) ( earlier post ), was announced by Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz at the Washington Auto Show. 2006 or later vehicle). million to projects to to accelerate research and development of new vehicle technologies.

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