Nio: EV-charging breakthrough?
…an integrated charging stations is also particularly helpful for demand shifting to backstop increasingly renewable-heavy grids. We have reviewed ten of the company’s patents. We conclude it has a genuine…
Power capacity of a typical home?
…addition of home charging stations for electric vehicles. The only thing is that upgrading the power capacity of a home can typically cost $1,000-5,000, and sometimes as much as $20,000….
Heavy truck costs: diesel, gas, electric or hydrogen?
…hydrogen trucks and other non-standard truck fuels is that fueling (or charging) may take materially longer (45-minutes for a hydrogen fuelling, up to 4-hours for a battery charging). Especially if…
Battery degradation: what causes capacity fade?
…battery degradation is minimized by limited cycling, slower charging-discharging, stable temperatures and LFP chemistries. $449.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart In the underlying laboratory studies that we have assessed, researchers have…
Electrochemistry: battery voltage and the Nernst Equation?
…Charging a battery is simply running this same circuit in reverse. Likewise, electrowinning is an electrical technology used to separate metals from mixtures, such as aluminium, zinc, copper, silver and…
Renewable grids: solar, wind and grid-scale battery sizing?
…modules and 3.5MW of lithium ion batteries with daily charging-discharging, in a location where every day is perfectly sunny, with no clouds, and no seasonality, for a total levelized cost…
Fuel retail: economics of a petrol station?
…compares the economics of EV charging stations with conventional fuel retail stations. They are fundamentally different. Our main question is whether EV chargers will ultimately get over-built, as retailers look…
Battle of the batteries: EVs vs grid storage?
…source’ for the EV. https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/co2-emissions-from-batteries-when-do-evs-break-even/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/vehicle-efficiency-electrifying/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/2022/02/03/electric-vehicles-chargers-of-the-light-brigade/ When we interrogate our models, the single best use we can find for a 65kWh lithium ion battery is to electrify a taxi…
Hillcrest: ZVS inverter breakthrough?
…up to 13% higher range than today’s inverters, especially for use in EV powertrains; but also in wind, solar, batteries and fast-chargers. It is based on SiC semiconductors. This Hillcrest…
Demand shifting: electrical flexibility by industry?
…might involve turning an electrical load down when renewables are not generating, and turning it back up when renewables are generating. Electric vehicle chargers can slow their current flow minute-by-minute,…