Episodes
iInterview with Thane Heins, who is the founder of Potential Difference and produced the first commercial regenerative acceleration generator called ReGenX.
Published 07/29/19
Regenerative braking is the pivotal component for EVs to be economically competitive. Yet it comes with major drawbacks.
Published 07/22/19
How does an electric urban bus perform under real-life conditions, and does it only shift the environmental burden from one area to another?
Published 07/15/19
While some studies find that EVs are already more cost-efficient, some other studies conclude that EVs still have a long way to go.
Published 06/02/19
Delegating the sharp and powerful charge-discharge situations to the super cap, reduces the stress for the battery and therefore increases its lifetime. How often does a battery really have to deal with short and powerful charge- and discharge situations?
Published 05/26/19
Supercapacitors are installed in forklifts and other heavier machines in combination with diesel motors, achieving major savings in fuel and CO2 emissions.
Published 05/19/19
A simple explanation of supercapacitors and how it has shaped the energy sector - Part 1/3.
Published 05/12/19
The target segment for early hydrogen-fuel-cell car adopters is quite small, but not necessarily too small to maintain interest in the technology. Hydrogen, as a promising energy storage alternative, plays an important role in other industries as well.
Published 05/05/19
Rather than installing unnecessarily large battery packs, manufacturers should start to tackle the consumers misperception.
Published 04/28/19
The implementation of electric mobility is a challenge for our electricity system, but not necessarily from an overall capacity perspective, but rather from an efficient usage perspective, requiring smart consumer monitoring and innovative solutions.
Published 04/21/19
Valuable materials are dumped on landfills where they obviously bring no good to anyone, especially not the environment.
Published 04/09/19
What is the actual environmental footprint of electric vehicle batteries, and are electric vehicles indeed more sustainable than my gasoline car?
Published 03/05/19
This episode introduces you to the challenges that electric vehicle manufacturers face regarding batteries. This is part one of a two-part series.
Published 01/18/19
Published 11/06/18
Published 10/20/18
In dieser Episode geht es um die emotionale Debatte um das Rauchverbot in Österreichs Gastronomie.
Published 10/14/18
Bei einer Pressekonferenz hat die deutsche Regierung stolz verkündet, dass man sich über die Eckpunkte des neuen Einwanderungsgesetzes geeinigt hat.
Published 10/03/18
In der ersten Episode von European Perspective wird der Podcast vorgestellt.
Published 09/30/18