Posts Tagged ‘EPRI’
Solar Knowledge: TVA Unveils Electric Vehicle Charging Station Prototype
With nary a sunbeam in sight, TVA and the Electric Power Research Institute on Tuesday unveiled a concept for charging the electric vehicles that are just beginning to hit the local highways.
Equipped with about 12 kilowatts’ worth of solar panels and a battery array with about five kilowatt-hours of storage, the six-parking-spot station will be used to analyze the potential impact of electric vehicles on the electric grid as well as ways to supplement that power. It is the first of two such stations to be built in East Tennessee and will serve as a research prototype to model how electric cars can be juiced up when they’re away from home.
via Solar Knowledge: TVA Unveils Electric Vehicle Charging Station Prototype.
Pretty fascinating technology that will support the upcoming launch of many electrical vehicle models.
