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Ford and Portland General Electric Partner to Prepare Region for EVs

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Ford and PGE will work together to share information on charging needs and requirements to ensure the electrical grid can support the necessary demand for electric vehicles, as well as partner on consumer education outreach around electric vehicles.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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Source: “Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”. The report identifies insights about the choice of charging infrastructure in each region that will both maximize benefits to consumers (thus helping to drive EV adoption) and maximize benefits to the grid from greater EV use. —“Electric Vehicle Grid Integration”.

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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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Ground was broken in September 2012, and the topping-out ceremony was celebrated in December. This enables them to take part in an accounting process that ensures that the amount of gas that they put in their vehicle at the natural gas filling station is supplied to the grid by the Audi e-gas plant. lb) e-gas per 100 kilometers (62.14

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Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

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High electricity rates are burdening private households and industry alike and threatening Germany’s competitiveness, the company noted. For private households, electricity rates were nearly 40% higher than the European Union average in 2012; for industrial facilities, 20%. billion) this year. One possibility here is auctions.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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The e-gas plant only operates when there is too much electricity from renewable sources in the grid. In 2012, Audi entered into a collaboration with Joule for the direct production of e-ethanol and e-diesel hydrocarbons (n-alkanes) from photosynthetic cyanobacteria. The card is used to centrally record the amount of gas consumed.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. By partnering with these two industries. By partnering with these two industries. Establishing dealer network. This is unusual.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. Notice in [link] that GM carefully avoids claiming to reduce CO2 by shifting to the grid, but leads people off the track by focusing on smog related issues. needs to have an indigenous automobile industry, and not merely "transplants".

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