Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Phase 1 of the program demonstrated the viability of creating grid value by optimizing smart charging of EVs. Conducted with PG&E from July 2015 through December 2016, BMW enabled nearly 100 BMW i3 owners located in the San Francisco Bay Area to earn an incentive by offering flexibility in the time by which their vehicle was charged.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

Utilizing real-time energy readings, the system can measure the available energy supply and demand, making the necessary calculations to determine the optimal time to charge or discharge the system. This approach minimizes energy waste, effectively reducing energy costs on a day-to-day basis.

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Energy Storage BMW Energy Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2009

The City of Amsterdam plans to deploy 200 charging stations before 2012, and expects the charging stations to fuel 10,000 electric cars in 2015. Leading energy company Nuon will provide renewable energy for the charging stations and Coulomb’s international partner 365-Energy will manage the ChargePoint Network for subscribers.

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Qnovo

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Increasingly, they are making inroads in transportation and grid storage applications. The number of available electric-vehicle (EV) models jumped from about ten in 2015 to over 75 in 2020, including categories of sports cars, sedans, SUVs and light trucks. That must change.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 23, 2017

A 2015 study on the potential for renewable energy use in the U.S. Scientists generally debate their studies and projections in relatively civil language, but perhaps the currently adversarial tenor of U.S. politics has spilled over into science.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2015

After debuting the first solar air battery—a photo-assisted charging Li-O 2 battery—last fall ( earlier post ), researchers at The Ohio State University led by Professor Yiying Wu have now developed a new system combining a solar cell and a battery into a single device. Credit: ACS, Yu et al. Click to enlarge.

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