I attended an online conference on Wednesday 16th September for 2 hours entitled “Electric Vehicles, Fire and Security” This was mainly driven by three large fires which were in Netherlands, Denmark and United Kingdom. Dr. Ing. Nils Rosmuller Applied Professor for Energy and Transport Safety, Instituut Fysieke Veiligheid (IFV) Ståle Frydenlund Senior Advisor and Test Manager, …
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E-day (is that a thing ?) is almost here. Tomorrow at 15:00 I can collect my new electric BMW i3. I chose the i3 as at the time of purchase there were very few built from the ground up electric cars available, mostly just converted ICE cars where the electric motor replaces the ICE. Since …
I don’t pick up my electric car until Thursday 17th which is exciting, my journey was a little rushed I have found a few greener way to charge since my install of my own home EV charger. I was quite limited for wall space on my driveway, this reduced my options. The local installation company offered …
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We need to organise a range of stakeholders national and local government, energy providers and vehicle manufacturers to come together with a single goal to meet the electrification challenge. How can we kick start this process, when car manufacturers are still dragging their heels in the ground to sell dinosaur fuelled cars. Can we lobby to …
Polestar is creating quite a noise in the EV market currently. It’s a unique design with many great features that will possibly top Tesla. From streamlined door handles to doors Polestar is aims to bring the best electric car in the world designed and engineered without compromise. They also offer a unique form of “ownership”, …
Lithium ion batteries are a larger version of the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery in your mobile phone EVs don’t use a single battery like a phone, they use instead a group of them which are comprised of thousands of individual Li-ion cells working together. When the car’s charging up, electricity is used to make chemical changes …
Governments globally are committed to targets of climate change, The UK government is driving domestic legislation and regulation based on varying combinations of ‘carrot’ and ‘stick’ for both business drivers and private owners. The aim is to completely remove the reliance on internal combustion engine (ICE) by the 2030s Vehicles should instead harness more sustainable …
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An electric car could well be your next vehicle, by 2030 you will have no choice but to by electric. 70% of UK drivers are considering electric as their next car. So what is stopping people? Range anxiety, caused by lack of visible chargers and lack of confidence in the UK authorities getting them installed form …
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Skeleton Technologies says in 3 to 5 years its ultracapacitors can vastly improve speed of charge and distances achieved for a daily EV drive. What are ultracapacitors? An ultracapacitor is an energy storage medium, just like a battery. The difference is that an ultracapacitor stores energy in an electric field, whereas a battery uses a …
Charging your EV examples of charging times We have been looking at charging your electric vehicle, currently the infrastructure is at it beginnings, most governments have a plan to get this in place. In the United Kingdom the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV committed £1bn from 2015 to 2020 to support Ultra Low Emission …
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