There is a delightful fantasy out there that says the batteries in all the electric cars in the world could act as a giant, distributed virtual power plant that would store electricity from renewables when it is abundant and supply it back to the grid when demand exceeds supply. The … [continued]
I have my differences with SAE. For one, I think its Levels of Autonomy are a badly thought-out concept that encourages automakers to engage in deceptive practices (I feel that any system that doesn’t take on financial liability is Level Zero). I’m also known to disagree with EV advocates who … [continued]
Members of the electric vehicle (EV) industry gathered at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in early April to evaluate enhanced cybersecurity for the connections between electric vehicles and charging infrastructure. By Connor O’Neil, NREL As more EVs enter the market and connect to the electrical system, potentially exposing cyber … [continued]
Standards Support EV Industry’s Growth to Allow Wireless Technology to Help Accelerate the Adoption of Zero Emission Vehicles
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a lot of news in the auto industry about autonomous vehicles. Here are 7 recent stories that couldn’t quite catch their own headline here on CleanTechnica but which seemed worth noting.
In the short space of 3 years we’ve seen urban air mobility (UAM) develop from a concept to eHang promising the first electric vertical takeoff & landing (eVTOL) air taxi service at the end of 2019. The Vertical Flight Society, which I’m privileged to also write for, just reported that it now has 200 eVTOL aircraft in its database.
Originally published on EV Obsession. BYD’s electric buses can run for an impressive 30 or so hours straight in between charges, based on the results of a pilot test performed in New York City last year during the months of August–October. Charging to full capacity took, roughly, 3–4 hours, and … [continued]
