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BMW Group plants stepping up activities in balancing-power market to contribute to grid stability

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The BMW Battery Storage Farm at the Leipzig plant, which has been on-stream since October 2017, with up to 700 BMW i3 batteries, is also part of the BMW power pool. Think of our electrified vehicles as mobile power storage units. In total, the plant manufactured more than 376,000 cars in 2017.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. Most days, most cars are going to have lots of extra battery capacity,” said Mr. Kempton, noting that on average, American automobiles get driven for just one hour each day. ’s power generation, he said.

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