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Solar-powered EV chargers power up college campus thanks to student engineers

Baua Electric

Solar-powered EV chargers developed on college campus Students in Hope’s introductory engineering course developed a way of harnessing energy from the sun to power up electric vehicles on campus. The applied-learning class project resulted in four new solar-powered EV chargers on the college campus.

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Australia Goes All-in on Green Hydrogen

Cars That Think

Ark Energy CEO Daniel Kim says Korea Zinc launched his firm in 2021 to help shift its Australian operations to 80 percent renewable energy by 2030 and, in the process, pave a path for 100 percent renewable energy group-wide by 2050. 150 GW of wind and solar generation—more than the total installed generating capacity of France.

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Smith Electric Vehicles, Altec and PGE Partner on All-Electric Utility Truck

Green Car Congress

The truck is a battery-powered, all-electric Smith Newton produced by SEV US and SEV UK with an aerial bucket integrated by Altec Industries Inc. The Altec component, an AT37-G aerial boom, is a telescopic articulating device used for electric utility line maintenance and installation. Full battery recharge requires 6-8 hours.

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KSPG shows new compact two-cylinder range extender for EVs, variable valve system

Green Car Congress

This installation option offers the easiest and least expensive modification procedure relative to conventional vehicle construction and leaves room for interesting compact vehicle packaging and styling options. The power unit is conceived in such a way that the vehicle interfaces are reduced to a minimum. Variable valve system.

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Quallion Introduces Li-ion Anti-Idling HVAC Solution for Class 6-8 Trucks; Showcases Battery Pack in CRF Panda Fuel Cell Vehicle Prototype

Green Car Congress

Quallion developed the system under a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with a global Tier 1 supplier to meet OEM specification requirements and has installed the battery in a Class 8 truck for preliminary field testing with plans to obtain data for future commercialization. and a mass flow rate of 75g/sec.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Photo-illustration: Max-o-matic; photo source: M&N/Alamy Some operators of early direct-current power plants at the turn of the 20th century solved the problem of uneven power output from their generators by employing large banks of rechargeable lead-acid batteries, which served as a kind of buffer to balance the flow of electrons.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

When that company was bought out by ENEL X , Miftakhov used the substantial profit to launch ZeroAvia in Hollister, California to develop and manufacture fuel cell-powered electric aircraft using green hydrogen (locally produced by electrolysis of water using solar or wind power). It’s very cool." He’s been way ahead of his time.”

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