Volkswagen Group Uses Tennessee Lab To Add Lightness, Improve Wireless Charging
Volkswagen Groups Innovation Hub in Knoxville, Tennessee, is working on a number of ways to make electric cars more efficient.
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Is Range Anxiety Really Worth All The Angst?
Adopting a set of strategies can help you to fortify range, regardless of model. Following these hints may lessen your stress when thinking about driving an EV.
Cool Roof Technology Could Eliminate Billions Of Tons Of Carbon Dioxide
In 2010, a study by Berkeley Lab using data from NASA estimated that using “cool roof ” techniques on the roofs and pavement of all cities in the northern hemisphere could have a one-time effect of removing more than 44 billion tons of carbon dioxide — 24 billion tons from … [continued]
Summit Supercomputer Study Fathoms Troubled Waters Of Ocean Turbulence
Simulations performed on the Summit supercomputer at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory revealed new insights into the role of turbulence in mixing fluids and could open new possibilities for projecting climate change and studying fluid dynamics. The study, published in the Journal of Turbulence, used Summit to … [continued]
Toyota Wakes Up To Find That It’s 2023 & There’s An EV Revolution Going On
Toyota is emerging from its slumber to the reality of electric cars. It announced a bold new plan this week for the future.
Volkswagen Claims New Dry Battery Process Will Save Hundreds Of Dollars Per Car
Volkswagen says it has perfected a new dry battery process that will drive down costs while ORNL has a new isostatic pressure process.
More Investment In Solar Than Oil In 2023
When I started writing on CleanTechnica in 2009, we were often writing about solar power. It was a hot, fast-growing industry. It was exploding and forecasts for it were enormous. Yet, investments in solar power were nowhere close to investments in oil, and anyone who suggested solar would surpass oil … [continued]
Maggie The Electric VW Camper — What Makes Her Tick
Remember the awesome electric VW camper from eDub services I wrote about a while back? What actually makes her tick, or tock, or whizz, or buzz? Well, what she certainly doesn’t do is chug, or splurt, or cough and splutter. Maggie is 100% electric, and has left the old world … [continued]
Novel Capacitor to Shrink Size & Reduce Cost of Electric Drives
As a researcher in power electronics, Shajjad Chowdhury is focused on exceeding capacity. In a lab space at the Department of Energy’s National Transportation Research Center at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he’s developing a novel capacitor and inverter component that will shrink the size and reduce the cost of electric … [continued]
US Trucking Lobby Group Ignores Battery & EV Charging Improvements In Congress
Electrification of US trucking is an amazing strategic advantage, but you’d never know it listening to the American Trucking Association.
