This is the final article in Tom Denton's EV series. Previous articles looked at EV technologies and what is involved in repairing them. Tom also chose to be controversial at times, saying things like ...

In the penultimate article in the series, Tom Denton explores the heating and cooling functions of an electric vehicle.  Most EVs allow the operation of heating or cooling when the vehicle is plugged ...

Wireless power transfer (WPT) is a system for wirelessly charging the batteries in electric vehicles. There are two main methods:  stationary WPT  dynamic WPT  With stationary charging, the electric e ...

In part one Tom Denton shared his opinion that hydrogen is not an ideal fuel for cars and looked at how clean hydrogen is created. This time, he will examine briefly how a fuel cell converts hydrogen ...

Hydrogen is, indeed, the fuel of the future, according to Tom Denton, just not for cars…  Whenever I get involved in a discussion about the future of transport there is often somebody who will categor ...

Assessing the condition of an EV battery easy. However, there are two main indications we can use: state of charge (SOC), and state of health (SOH).  State of charge  State of charge is a measure of t ...

Charging an EV is clearly important. Because of this, the ‘lack of public’ charging is often stated as the reason many people will not yet buy an electric vehicle (EV). There is, however, a level of m ...