Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2011

million in Sunlogics PLC , a Michigan-based, vertically-integrated global solar energy systems provider specializing in solar project development and installation. Global solar energy use is predicted to more than double by 2016, so we believe that investing in renewable energy is a smart and strategic business decision.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2022

Headquartered in Munich, VoltStorage was founded in 2016 by Jakob Bitner, Michael Peither and Felix Kiefl. In addition, the international research and development team is working on the low-cost iron-salt battery, the properties of which make it particularly suitable for ensuring base load capability for wind and solar farms.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Today, we drive the 2016 Scion iA subcompact sedan, Honda tests solar-powered electric-car charging in the Marshall Islands, and some digging reveals that Volkswagen thought electric cars were the future, back in 2007. See why Honda is testing solar-powered electric-car charging stations in the remote.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 4, 2024

Tesla has added Powerwall, solar, and its home charging station to its API – welcome additions to its new API for developers. In 2016, CEO Elon Musk said that they instead planned to move to app mirroring from phone to center console. Late last year, Tesla launched its first official API (Application Programming Interface).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

The Bowlus Rivet features a “yacht-quality” battery and solar power system that allows “indefinite time off-grid in all conditions.” In 2016, Bowlus launched the first lithium-powered RV, complete with a 4kWh lithium-ion power system. Oh, and did I mention it can park itself? In 1934, he launched the first aluminum travel trailer.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2016

The Solar Impulse 2 —the solar airplane that recently completed a round-the-world flight— used batteries from Kokam, based on that company’s advanced Ultra High Energy Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide (Ultra High Energy NMC) technology. The Solar Impulse uses four 38.5 The Solar Impulse uses four 38.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2016

In a new paper in the journal Nature Materials (in an edition focused on materials for sustainable energy), a team from Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has reviewed milestones in the progress of solid-state photoelectrocatalytic technologies toward delivering solar fuels and chemistry. —Montoya et al.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

After taking solar installation classes and volunteering with GRID Alternatives for several years and learning to install racking systems, PV modules and inverters, and how to wire them up – including bending conduit – in 2015 I installed a solar PV system on my own roof with a crew of GRID experts. Installing the 5.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2016

While many technical advances have made solar cells more efficient and affordable, a disadvantage remains in the fact that solar cells produce no power when it’s raining. c), d) The operational principle of the flexible solar cell under sunlight. Moreover, each droplet can yield voltage and output power of 152.6 mV and 7.17

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2016

Other than charging a battery-electric car using electricity harvested by photovoltaic panels, solar power isn't exactly practical for current production cars. But every year, dozens of solar-powered race cars compete in events around the world held for college students. In the U.S.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy. Volkswagen will also invest to support installation of charging stations in certain dealer locations. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2015

US prices for the 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid electric vehicle ( earlier post )—the first of many Audi e-tron models destined to come to the US—will begin at $37,900. Prices above exclude destination charges ($925), taxes, title, optional equipment, and dealer charges. Dealer sets actual price.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In an effort to further understand and expand the possibilities of smart charging for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), BMW of North America announced a second phase of its BMW ChargeForward program. Earlier post.) Phase One Findings.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. —Peter Harris, director of sustainability, UPS Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

C) Calculated solar-to-fuel efficiency (SFE) of photochemical process. In the first step, incoming photons are converted to pairs of negatively-charged electrons and corresponding positively charged “holes” that then separate from each other. (B) Rate of product formation (mol/s) with respect to different Sun illuminations. (C)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The pre-seed round was led by Sunly, a developer of wind and solar parks in the Baltics and Poland, and joined by Scottish Baltic Invest, an investment company linked to Interconnect Product Assembly (IPA), which specializes in the production of electro-mechanical solutions; and Little Green Fund that focuses on investments in cleantech innovation.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2023

myenergi says it is firmly on track to become the UK’s largest home EV charge point provider before the end of the calendar year. myenergi was founded in 2016 by Lee Sutton and […]

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Renault and distributed energy storage company Connected Energy are partnering to develop sustainable and efficient ways of using electric vehicle batteries at the end of their useable in-vehicle life in order to supply innovative and more affordable vehicle charging solutions. E-STOR will be available in the UK from July 2016.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 6, 2014

For buyers looking to cancel out the emissions involved in producing, delivering, and charging plug-in cars, carbon offset programs could be the answer. When it comes to carbon emissions, there''s more to consider than what comes out of a car''s tailpipe (if it has one).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Electrek’s Take Europe has been rolling back on its EV incentives, with Germany ending its EV subsidy program in December after paying out €10 billion since 2016. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels. Get started here. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 6, 2021

“Our biggest initiative was installing solar panels on multiple buildings, with all the power generated feeding into our corporate office and warehouse.” But it wasn’t until they saw the growth in EV drivers from guests and employees that EV charging became an opportunity. You start to think ‘what’s going on out there?’” said John. “As

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2020

The partners say that the technology used will offer the highest level of energy performance, both in terms of range and charging time, and a lower carbon footprint than that of the competition. The project will leverage cutting-edge R&D, notably provided by Saft, in order to produce EV batteries starting in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2017

The Long Beach Harbor Department incorporates 14 electric vehicle charging stations; 12 battery electric yard tractors; 9 battery electric rubber-tired gantry cranes; and 4 plug-in hybrid drayage trucks. The Monterey Peninsula Airport District received $3 million to install a solar energy system at the Monterey Regional Airport.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Electrek’s Take Germany ended its EV subsidy program a bit earlier than expected in December after paying out €10 billion since 2016, Reuters reports. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels. Get started here. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In late July, we published an article describing one electric-car driver's experience in adding solar panels to his home to help with charging his family's five electric cars. That reader, who'd like to be known just as Shiva, has now owned a 2016 Tesla Model S for a year.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. And part of the change involves extending the city’s EV-charging network. “We We want to predict where we need to build the next electric charging station.”. This is good for the grid.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The plan also touched on the potential for electric vehicle owners to use renewable energy sources like solar power to charge their cars. It also put a focus on Tesla Energy and solar products, as well as the development of advanced driver-assist systems like Autopilot.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

By the end of 2016, the company had already improved its five major environmental indicators (energy and water consumption, as well as the generation of waste, volatile compounds and CO 2 ) by 33.6%. The Martorell plant is equipped with close to 53,000 solar panels and produces enough energy in a year to charge 3 million phones a day.

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Teslarati

MARCH 17, 2022

Musk’s first Master Plan also mentioned how electric vehicle owners could become energy positive by charging their EVs from renewable sources like the sun. Published in 2016, Master Plan, Part Deux still highlighted that Tesla intends to enter all vehicle segments like heavy-duty trucks, pickups, and passenger-density urban transport.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. He’s filed suit against Torrance, the proud home of Exxon/Mobil’s refinery, for stopping him from installing solar panels in the Hillside Overlay district. “ Idiots ! “ Idiots !&#

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My Energi

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Lee Sutton and Jordan Brompton founded UK-based myenergi in 2016 with the purpose of removing the barriers to a greener future, including the technological, behavioural and financial challenges relating to fast adoption of smart energy products, setting the company on a mission to pioneer a simple transition to renewable energy.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Some of Tesla’s important accomplishments in 2023 included the launch of the highly anticipated Cybertruck and the redesigned Model 3 “Highland,” as well as the widespread adoption of the automaker’s charging hardware across the North American auto industry.

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My Energi

MARCH 29, 2021

myenergi becomes first EV charging brand to sponsor an Extreme E team. myenergi, pioneer of the world’s first eco-smart EV charging device, has partnered with the Hispano Suiza Xite Energy Team as principal sponsor for the 2021 Extreme E season. myenergi is renowned for designing the world’s first solar compatible EV charger – zappi.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Maven will leverage Austin’s Plug-in EVerywhere network of EV chargers, including Electric Drive, Austin’s downtown smart mobility showcase complete with a DC Fast Charger and solar kiosk. Maven will provide charging for Maven Gig drivers for a limited time through the Austin Energy Plug-In EVerywhere and EVgo networks.

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