Remove Commercial Remove DC Remove Juice Remove Re-Charge
article thumbnail

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

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. In such an emergency, a bidirectional EV with charge to spare could come to the rescue.

Grid 139
article thumbnail

Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup

Plug In India

The flywheel is downsized to give a continuum between shift of gears, else unlike a ICE engine, when you take your leg off the pedal, the motor goes zero torque when you are re-engaging gears. The motor is a 4 kW brush DC motor. The Cellestial team thinks that the battery has enough juice to do 1.5 The pack weighs 60 kg.

article thumbnail

Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

A distance of 923 km using DC fast charging infrastructure. Unfortunately, both the Nexon and Tigor Ziptron are not available for commercial sales. We then went on to do a slow charge upto 100%. We had to charge it to 100 percent - and decided that we will come down after an hour to switch off the connection.

article thumbnail

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. It is 12 years later.

Volt 41