Stanford research warns against charging electric cars at home overnight
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Most electric vehicle (EV) owners tend to charge their vehicles at home during the evening or overnight, leading to significant costs.
Joseph Shavit
- May 25, 2023
Scientists develop a rechargeable battery made from food
What makes this achievement truly remarkable is that the battery is made from materials commonly consumed as part of our daily diet.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 29, 2023
Charging cars at home at night is wrong, according to Stanford research
The vast majority of electric vehicle owners charge their cars at home in the evening or overnight. We’re doing it wrong, according to study
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 29, 2022
Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go, Stanford study finds
In a little over a decade, the research team found, rapid EV growth alone could increase peak electricity demand by up to 25 percent.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 19, 2022
Electric vehicles can be charged on the go via peer-to-peer system
Recharging a battery-electric vehicles' (BEV) lithium-ion battery might take hours, making EVs impractical for some long-range road trips.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 21, 2022
Stanford scientists develop rechargeable batteries that hold 6x more charge
Researchers developed rechargeable batteries that can store up to six times more charge than ones that are currently commercially available.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 13, 2022
5-minute battery charging technology eliminates "Range Anxiety"
From flat battery to full charge in just five minutes -- an Israeli start-up has developed technology it says could eliminate range anxiety.
Joseph Shavit
- Feb 5, 2022
A new way to store sustainable energy: 'Information batteries'
What if surplus renewable energy could be stored as computation instead? That's the thinking behind "information batteries".
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 17, 2022
Stanford researchers develop rechargeable batteries that store six times more charge
Researchers have developed rechargeable batteries that can store up to six times more charge than ones currently commercially available.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 25, 2021
Speck of dust sized AAA voltage battery provides energy for biomedical applications
The miniaturization of microelectronic sensor technology, microelectronic robots or intravascular implants challengingly is progressing fast
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