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carsthatnevermadeitetc · 5 months

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Venturi Antarctica EV, 2018. An electric ATV from the French sports car maker that can manage 20 kph max. for a range of 45 kilometres.

#Venturi #Venturi Antarctica EV #tracked vehicle #ATV #all terrain vehicle #EV #electric vehicle #2018 #exploration #zero emissions

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herigo · 5 months

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reasonsforhope · 10 months

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[In February, 2023], a small warehouse in the English city of Nottingham received the crucial final components for a project that leverages the power of used EV batteries to create a new kind of circular economy.

Inside, city authorities have installed 40 two-way electric vehicle chargers that are connected to solar panels and a pioneering battery energy storage system, which will together power a number of on-site facilities and a fleet of 200 municipal vehicles while simultaneously helping to decarbonize the UK’s electrical grid.

Each day Nottingham will send a combination of solar-generated energy — and whatever is left in the vehicles after the day’s use — from its storage devices into the national grid. The so-called “vehicle to grid” chargers deliver this energy just when it’s needed most, during peak evening demand, when people are home cooking, using hot water or watching TV. Later, the same chargers pull energy from the grid to recharge the vehicles in the wee hours of the night, when folks are sleeping and electricity is cheaper and plentiful.

“We are trying to create a virtual power station,” says Steve Cornes, Nottingham City Council’s Technical Lead. “The solar power and battery storage will help us operate independently and outside of peak times, making our system more resilient and reducing stress on the national grid. We could even make a profit.” ...

After around a decade, an EV battery no longer provides sufficient performance for car journeys. However, they still can retain up to 80 percent of their original capacity, and with this great remaining power comes great reusability.

“As the batteries degrade, they lose their usefulness for vehicles,” says Matthew Lumsden, chairman of Connected Energy. “But batteries can be used for so many other things, and to not do so results in waste and more mining of natural resources.”

The E-STOR hubs come in the form of 20-foot modular containers, each one packed with 24 repurposed EV batteries from Renault cars. Each hub can provide up to 300kW of power, enough to provide energy to dozens of homes. One study by Lancaster University, commissioned by Connected Energy, calculated that a second life battery system saved 450 tons of CO2 per MWh over its lifetime...

Battery repurposing and recycling is set to play a massive role over the coming years as the automobile industry attempts to decarbonize and the world more broadly attempts to fight waste. The production of EVs, which use lithium-ion batteries, is accelerating. Tesla, for example, is aiming to sell 20 million EVs per year by 2030 — more than 13 times the current level. In turn, 12 million tons of EV batteries could become available for reuse by 2030, according to one estimate.

“Over the next decade we are going to see this gigantic wave,” says Jessica Dunn, a senior analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists. “Companies are recognizing this is a necessary industry. They need to ramp up infrastructure for recycling and reuse.”

-via Reasons to Be Cheerful, March 13, 2023

#ev #ev charger #electric vehicle #electric cars #batteries #battery recycling #lithium ion battery #auto industry #sustainability #circular economy #recycling #reuse #uk #nottingham #england #good news #hope

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thisisindustrialdesign · 1 year

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audi activesphere concept

#modern #design #automotive #audi #activesphere #concept #industrial design #electric vehicle #ev

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ireton · 1 year

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Mans Tesla S just wont charge in the cold weather

#Tesla #ELECTRIC VEHICLE #EV #Winter

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renaultlove · 5 months

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Renault unveiled a new prototype for the 2026 electric Twingo

#renaultlove #renault #automobile #french #concept #prototype #ev #electric vehicle #tech #auto #90s #car design

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falconisinstartup · 6 months

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Cybertruck spotted at Starbase | SS

#spacex #Tesla #cybertruck #starbase #starship #super heavy booster #rocket garden #booster 4 #b4 #ship 20 #EV #electric vehicle #truck #aerospace #engineering #ship 29 #ship 28

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hope-for-the-planet · 2 years

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Hi! Thanks for what you're doing; it's greatly appreciated!

Not sure if you've shared this yet, or if this is the kind of thing you'd like to share, but there are still a few weeks left for American school districts (particularly lower income, rural, tribal, etc. ones) to apply for money to get new electric school buses! https://www.epa.gov/cleanschoolbus

And if anyone's worried that they live too far north and electric school buses won't do well, there's one in Alaska that's doing just fine in even 40 below weather: https://alaskapublic.org/2021/11/16/alaskas-first-electric-powered-school-bus-is-performing-well-even-at-40-below/

So if anyone wants to write to some of their local school districts, and suggest they apply to get electric school buses, this would be a really great moment to do so - the deadline is August 19th.

Hi there! Thank you so much for the kind words!

And thank you for sharing this--it seems like an amazing program. Though they still have their downsides and limitations, it is overwhelming how far electric vehicles have come even in just the last decade.

#ask #clean school bus program #electric vehicle #electric bus #electric school bus #sustainable #transportation #climate change

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petegans · 5 months

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2024 Audi SQ8 e-tron

#original photographers #photographers on tumblr #car photography #audi #Audi sq8 #Audi sq8 e-tron #Audi e-tron #ev #electric vehicle #super suv #malibu #socal #cali #california

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awesome-casuallyfamouscollector · 1 month

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The EV Detroit is Dying to Benchmark - BYD Seagull

Automakers are dying to know how the hell BYD can sell the Seagull for only $11,500. Terry Woychowski, the President of Caresoft, points out a few of the cost saving tips & John McElroy takes it for a quick test drive.

P.S. There are a butt-load of people just waiting for an electric car like this in Europe!!! Folks that don't need or want to pay for all the ridiculous bells and whistles of the badly overpriced and huge "premium" EV's!!

#BYD #USA #Europe #BYD Seagull #electric car #electric vehicle #competition #lfp battery #Youtube

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carsthatnevermadeitetc · 7 months

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