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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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New nanoparticle copper compound cathode could enable low-cost, long-life and high-power potassium-ion batteries for grid storage

Green Car Congress

Yi Cui has developed nanoparticle copper hexacyanoferrate (CuHCF) battery cathode materials that demonstrate long cycle life and high power for use in grid storage applications. Short-term transients, including those related to wind and solar sources, present challenges to the electrical grid. —Wessells et al.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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Airplanes, for example, won’t be able to fly long distances on battery power. In contrast, electricity produced by offshore wind power typically requires multiple conversions and transmission across long distances before it’s fed into the grid or an electrolyzer onshore, processes that siphon off power and reduce efficiency.

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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

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This article may contain affiliate links. With a bit of patience and understanding, there are plenty of ways to keep your EV’s battery healthy during cold weather months! In cold weather, it becomes more important to save battery power. How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV. Warm your EV Before You Hit the Road.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here’s the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. Updated to attribute projection on “smart-grid&# earnings to FERC Chairman.). All stressed that plug-in technology already exists and just needs a push on the financial front from Congress.&#. November 16, 2009: 06:01 PM ET. By Judith Burns.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#.

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What are Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles? Will They Replace BEVs?

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Companies like Audi and BMW for example, continue to build limited series or prototype FCEVs but, like VW the majority of their R&D budget is devoted to the resource judged most likely, namely the battery-powered electrification of their product line. Conclusion.