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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Electric cars"”.
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Economic effect of implementing electric cars
… is a country rich in both geothermal and hydroelectric resources but remains dependent upon foreign gasoline to supply its car fleet. Electric Vechicles (EVs) have been hailed as a cost-efficient solution for Icelanders due to relatively low domestic energy prices, but this paper finds that …
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How religious values influence British Muslim consumers in sustainable consumption
… towards the environment and individual’s use of electric cars. As a means of furthering the inquiry at hand, a qualitative research methodology is adopted. The data is collected by means of a phenomenological approach by conducting in-depth semi structure interviews of 27 British Muslim …
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The future of plug-in hybrid passenger cars in Europe
… passenger vehicles will be used as company cars within the European Union by 2035. Due to increasing oil costs and environmental unpopularity of the normal diesel or petrol engine car, it is expected that the electric car will eventually take over. However, electric cars still have major …
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A Case Study on Grid Impacts of Electric Vehicles on New York City Power Grid
<p>The U.S. electric power industry is anticipating a huge increase in electricity demand in the future due to reformation of the transportation industry. In this work, we focus on electric cars and their impact on the transportation industry as well as the electric grid. The increase in number of …
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Potential of electric propulsion systems to reduce petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. light-duty vehicle fleet
… sector, light duty vehicles (LDVs) - cars, light trucks and SUVs - currently emit the most GHGs. Hybrid technology emerged as a promising option to address several of these challenges. A modern hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) offers significantly better fuel economy together with lower …
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Analysis and Experimental Comparison of Models of a New Form of Continuously Variable Transmission
… cost, improve the feasibility of systems such as electric cars and small-scale wind power generation, and improve efficiency of many mechanical systems such as industrial pumps and fans. Successful, wide-scale implementation of efficient CVT technology has the capacity to reduce global energy …
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Evaporative cooling via jumping droplet condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces for localized car air conditioning
… to fuel efficiency. This presents problems for cars with smaller engines and electric cars that lack the battery capacity to provide adequate cooling with traditional air conditioning technology. A novel solution to these problems uses evaporative cooling via jumping droplet condensation on …
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Recycling neodymium-iron-boron magnet alloy by direct sulfation with SO₂ gas
… field is required such as MRI machines or electric cars. Due to the supply risk associated with these magnet alloys, investigating a recycling method for neodymium from electronic waste has become critical. However, there are some challenging aspects associated with these rare earth magnets …
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Solvent Extraction of Copper, Cobalt, and Nickel Material from the Missouri Cobalt Project in Fredricktown, Missouri
… increasing due to the increased production of electric cars and other electronic devices. Cobalt has historically been mined in the Congo with very dangerous situations and sold on the black market. It has become increasingly apparent that a safer and more economical way to produce cobalt …
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Indigenous Environmental Rights, Participation and Lithium Mining in Argentina and Bolivia: A Socio-Legal Analysis
… low-carbon economy due to its increasing use in electric cars and renewable energy storage batteries. Over half of the world’s lithium is found in the high Andean plains of the “Lithium Triangle”, at the border regions of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. This thesis is based on qualitative …
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Modal Analysis of Axisymmetric Structures using Zernike Polynomials and Machine Learning
The rise of electric mobility has amplified the need for advanced vibration analysis to control noise in both electric cars and aircraft. In vehicles, tire-induced vibrations have become a significant contributor to cabin noise, making an understanding of tire mode shapes crucial for effective …
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Composite Gel Polymer Electrolyte for Lithium Ion Batteries
… satellites, computers, medical instruments, and electric cars. The development of battery technology has been through a long journey since the 17th century, paving its way to commercialization of lithium ion batteries in 1991 by Sony. Rechargeable lithium ion batteries represent the most …
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Using industrial design to motivate change toward electric vehicles
… technologies have become welcomed in society, electric cars still lack momentum in the industry. Since our remaining oil reservoirs are becoming depleted, drastic change must be made to manage the consumption of our remaining resources. There have been breakthroughs in alternative …
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Innovative hydrogen station operation strategies to increase availability and decrease cost
… and highly-scalable use of hydrogen in fuel cell electric cars, trucks, and buses, supported by public hydrogen stations. The hydrogen station is a complicated system composed of various storage, compression, and dispensing sub-systems, with the hydrogen either being delivered via truck or …
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Development of a representative volume element of lithium-ion batteries for thermo-mechanical integrity
… the introduction of more electronic devices, electric cars, and energy storage. Yet the optimization approach taken by the manufacturers and system designers is one of test and build, an approach that nearly every other industry has long abandoned. A computational model is required to reduce …
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Light-battery interactions for enhanced energy storage and operando spectroscopy
… to their high energy density. However, current electric cars cannot match the range of their fossil fuel-powered counterparts due to limitations in the capacities of modern LIB materials. Moreover, improvements in LIB capacities have plateaued over the last decade, suggesting that alternate …
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Properties and Performance of Polymeric Materials Used in Fuel Cell Applications
… of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere (e.g., electric cars and more fuel-efficient gas-burning automobiles), most experts agree that it is not enough. Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cells have been widely recognized as a potentially viable alternative for portable and stationary power …
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Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) Turn-on Triangular Current Mode (TCM) Control for AC/DC and DC/AC Converters
… products to make them portable. Specifically, in electric vehicles such as electric cars, UAVs and aero planes, the size of battery chargers and inverters needs to be reduced so as to make space for more parts in these vehicles. Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) filters take up a more than 80 % …
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Investigation into the mitigating effects of demand response programs on EV charging loads
… commited to achieving carbon neutrality by 2040. Electrical energy in Iceland comes, almost exclusively, from renewable sources, which causes the electrification of transport to play a primary role in their energy transition plans. This is likely to cause a variety of challenges to the electrical …
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