http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3344375/Match-heaven-3D-printed-electric-car-charge-solar-powered-house.html Match made in heaven! The 3D printed electric car that can charge itself off a solar-powered house 3 December 2015 Imogen Calderwood For Mailonline
[images http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/03/13/2F06022B00000578-3344375-Futuristic_The_fully_drivable_3D_printed_car_pictured_has_been_c-a-8_1449149579404.jpg Futuristic: The fully-drivable 3D printed car (pictured) has been created using newly-developed large-scale printing technology http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/03/13/2F06024C00000578-3344375-Eco_friendly_The_car_pictured_was_created_as_part_of_an_initiati-a-9_1449149582057.jpg Eco-friendly: The car (pictured) was created as part of an initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/03/13/2F06025D00000578-3344375-image-a-10_1449149585101.jpg Two-way: The battery-powered car parks on a wireless pad outside the building, which is powered by solar-panels on the roof http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/03/13/2F06026C00000578-3344375-image-a-11_1449149587590.jpg Helping hand: The pad creates a two-way flow of energy between the car and the house. Depending which needs the power more, the car's battery can help power the house during peak periods, or the house can help charge the car's battery ] Eco-friendly car built in Tennessee using large-scale printing technology It was created to go with a house powered by solar panels on the roof The car parks on a wireless pad outside, creating a two-way energy flow Both the car and house can help power each other, depending on demand A fully-drivable 3D printed car is also helping do its bit for the environment, thanks to a U.S. government initiative. The eco-friendly vehicle was built using newly-developed large-scale printing technology, and was designed to work together with an equally environmentally-friendly house. Both the car and the house were created as part of an initiative by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in Tennessee. Experts at the laboratory wanted to develop a car and a house that could run together, using only sustainable energy. The result is a vehicle that runs off a battery and a building which powers itself from a solar panel on the roof. Surplus solar power is stored in batteries connected to the house, and the car parks on a wireless pad outside. Google's driverless cars will SHOUT at pedestrians that get... This is how astronauts can drink coffee in space: Video demonstrates new suction cup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdTfK--uSNA How astronauts sip espresso in zero gravity: Space cups use... The platform allows for a two-way energy flow between the vehicle and the structure. The car helps to power the house during peak usage hours, and the building’s solar panels work to charge the car’s battery when needed. The project is called AMIE – Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy – and it brings clean energy and large-scale 3D printing together to showcase how they can be used to create revolutionary new technologies. [© dailymail.co.uk] For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Eco-friendly-TN-built-large-scale-3D-printed-EV-tech-tp4679078.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
