The New ebuggy e-Mobility Concept Allows Electric Cars to Travel Any Distance

If required, an ebuggy battery trailer can be hitched up at an ebuggy relay station and the journey continued using the energy from the ebuggy. On arrival in the destination area, the ebuggy is dropped off again at the final service station. ebuggy can be exchanged whenever necessary during longer journeys so that unlimited ranges can be achieved. And all this within two minutes."ebuggy allows the automotive industry to build reasonably priced electric vehicles with a smaller battery, because ebuggy is available for longer distances. As a result, electric cars will become cheaper than vehicles with a combustion engine and e-mobility will be able to assert itself rapidly and dynamically," says Dr. Manfred Baumg?rtner, Managing Director of ebuggy GmbH.
The ebuggy prototype was constructed with the support of Germany's Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and project partners such as the Fraunhofer Institut IPA and Stuttgart University. The concept works perfectly.A total of four laps have been planned for the ebuggy infrastructure concept. During the second lap, readiness for serial production will be tested and the first network trials planned. Co-operation partners and other investors are welcome to join in the second lap.The list of transmission projects usually include upgrading current towers and power lines, implementing the "smart grid", and new connections between rural-based alternative energy facilities and metropolitan areas, along with new natural gas power generating facilities.
There are two US firms that offer exposure to the FERC-regulated business: ITC Holdings (ITC) and American Electric Power (AEP). There are quite a few regulated electric utility companies with minor transmission exposure, but AEP operates the largest network of transmission assets in the US. ITC is a "pure play" transmission firm.However, transmission earnings for AEP last quarter amounted to only 2.2% of total company GAAP earnings. Even though transmission income is growing at a 30%+ rate y-o-y, it will take several years before earnings cross even a 10% threshold.ITC Holdings, on the other hand, is singularly focused on transmission business. Initially formed from the transmission assets of Detroit Edison in 2004 and IPOed in 2006, ITC is expanding its geographical asset base. The company currently operates mainly in the Midwest.