Canada approves electric truck in controlled areas - EF News Canada approves electric truck in controlled areas- EF News TORONTO, ONTARIO - Canada has taken a small step to promote the use of low-speed electric vehicles as fuel prices surge and the public grows ever more concerned about greenhouse gas emissions, but it will be up to the individual provinces to decide whether they will be allowed on public roads
Electricity Forum FOR Training Institute VFDS AND ELECTRIC MOTOR . . . motor behaves differently on VFD Power We will show the relationship of changing of the voltage and frequency will impact the development of torque and the speed of the motor We will also discuss the differences in the Torque Current versus Speed curve for motor on a fixed speed application versus that for a VFD operation 6 UNDERSTANDING VFDS
Hybrid Cars Fuel Fears Of Metal Shortage - EF News Each electric Prius motor requires 1 kilogram of neodymium, and each battery uses 10 to 15 kg of lanthanum That number will nearly double under Toyota's plans to boost the car's fuel economy, he said Toyota plans to sell 100,000 Prius cars in the United States alone for 2009, and 180,000 next year The company forecasts sales of 1 million
A New Spin On Energy Storage - EF News The concept of flywheels is simple: An electric motor is used to spin a rotor, which is typically a heavy cylindrical mass made out of a high-strength material, such as carbon composite or steel The cylinder can be made to spin faster than 10,000 revolutions per minute, usually in a vacuum housing, and this gives it tremendous momentum This
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EPRI looks at hybrid technology for cargo operations Also, the institute expects that the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle will produce 80 percent fewer nitrogen oxides and 50 percent less carbon dioxide According to the institute, the cost of retrofitting a diesel tractor is about $80,000 And, according to the instituteÂ’s fuel savings estimates, the projected return on investment is six years
China Vies To Be Leader In Electric Vehicles - EF News China wants to raise its annual production capacity to 500,000 hybrid or all-electric cars and buses by the end of 2011, from 2,100 last year, government officials and Chinese auto executives said By comparison, CSM Worldwide, a consulting firm that does forecasts for automakers, predicts that Japan and South Korea together will be producing 1 1 million hybrid or all-electric light vehicles
ElectroCraft to produce a “green” motor - EF News SEARCY, ARKANSAS - A Searcy factory announced that it will hire 55 new employees so the plant can produce energy-efficient electric motors for heating and air conditioning units The ElectroCraft Arkansas Inc plant will go from having 70 workers to 125 by virtue of a deal with SN Tech Inc , which specializes in the energy efficient motors