Disinformation has caused great harm. Quote: “”A new survey conducted by YouGov has showed that belief in EV myths is holding back adoption, with most petrol (gasoline) car drivers scoring just a 2/10 in a quiz about how electric cars work.”” Ignorance of how EVs work is holding back uptake, says survey
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2024-08-30 Used EV Batteries Are Now Used For Battery Energy Storage Systems
This article has some valuable information – it’s worth reading. Badmouthers say used EV batteries will be filling up landfills. That’s false. The used EV batteries will have many years more use in Battery Energy Storage Systems. After that they will be ground up and recycled for their valuable metals. The future holds many, many
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2024-08-29 Toxic Tailings From Tar Sands Mining
Short video showing how bad the waste from fossil fuels mining has polluted northern Canada.
2024-08-07 Are EVs Cleaner Than A Gas Car?
Is an EV cleaner than a gas car? Yes, it is. And EVs get cleaner over time because the grid that charges them will get cleaner over time, with more renewables. https://www.facebook.com/reel/3041296176012984?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-06-08 Mystery Valve Identified
I’ve got one of these valves and I and others couldn’t figure out what it was used for. Well, here’s the answer. https://www.facebook.com/reel/472469981907225?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-06-04 Gallium Nitride MOSFETs To Revolutionize Power Electronics
Gallium nitride power electronics will replace silicon and will make laptop power adapters smaller than a golf ball and will save major amounts of electricity. GaN devices will waste a lot less power, which will enable power electronics equipment to be made smaller and more efficient. Quote: “”GaN-based power electronics, on the other hand, could
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2024-05-26 EVs Are One Step Closer To Becoming Roaming Grid Batteries
This is a good article, it gives the standard numbers like SAE J3068/2, and talks about the limitations of the classes of chargers.
2024-05-28 Many More EV Batteries – Solution To Grid Storage
Article about recycling EV batteries versus using EV batteries for stationary storage. At this time, recycling is not very efficient. Quote: ““Today we are not very good at recovering metals, loosing almost all the lithium, silicon, phosphorus, aluminum, and graphite, while recovering only copper, cobalt, and nickel which are more expensive,” he says.”” This suggests
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2024-05-27 Britain Passes Automated Cars Act, Self-driving Cars Soon On The Road
This starts at the 12:45 point in this YouTube video from Electrified, Dillon Loomis.
2024-05-11 New Capacitor With 19 Times Power Density Could Help EV Batteries Last Longer
It looks like this supercapacitor could quickly charge and discharge, thus reducing the cycles on the EV battery. https://www.livescience.com/technology/electronics/ev-batteries-could-last-much-longer-thanks-to-new-capacitor-with-19-times-power-density-that-scientists-created-by-mistake
