Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. Headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin, Pecan Street Inc. Pecan Street is part of Austin’s 700-acre sustainable Mueller community, where residents agreed to be part of a test bed for sustainable living.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

Bolivian micro-mobility and clean energy startup MOBI has partnered with American direct lithium extraction company Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. EnergyX) ( earlier post ). Both companies will work towards creating a Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain to develop the region’s electric mobility market.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The University of Michigan (U-M) and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and in flow cells for storing renewable energy in the grid.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $24 million in funding for 77 projects supported by the Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). The TCF was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to promote promising energy technologies. National Energy Technology Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2021

These conductivity-enhanced materials have the potential to lower the costs and impacts of adding renewables and electric cars to the grid, maximize next-generation energy storage technologies, and support electrification for energy-intensive sectors.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of the American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize, a $4-million competition designed to advance technologies and techniques to support direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Lithium from Home.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

The charging station is located at Whole Foods Market flagship store in Austin, Texas. It is our hope that by offering electric vehicle charging we can support alternative transportation and help Austin residents decrease their environmental impact. A ChargePoint iPhone App.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

The new strategy promises to be applicable to both the electric-vehicle market and the problem of electrical energy storage for the grid. Goodenough as a winner of the Enrico Fermi Award “in recognition for his lasting contributions to materials science and technology, especially the science underlying lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

GE Aviation announced an R&D contract worth more than $7 million for the first solid-state primary power distribution technology using Silicon Carbide (SiC) power switches applicable to the latest and future United States Air Force platforms. Austin Schaffter, vice president, Electrical Power Systems for GE Aviation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2012

The new app, called EcoHub, will initially be tested with and available to residents of the Pecan Street demonstration project, a smart grid living community in Austin. For the first time we’re able to put one of our Smart Grid solutions into the hands of actual consumers, thanks in part to our partnership with Pecan Street.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The US Departments of Energy (DOE) and of the Interior (DOI) together will award nearly $17 million in funding over the next three years for research and development projects to advance hydropower technology. million and one project jointly funded by DOE and DOI will receive $1.5

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Green Cars News

JULY 25, 2012

Smart grid research in Austin, Texas, has picked up some serious backing – thanks to the involvement of General Motors (GM) and OnStar.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A paper on the work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. In nearly all cases, the optimal fleet includes a mix of technologies, HEVs and BEVs make up the majority of distance traveled, and CVs are used primarily for periods of peak demand (if at all). passenger travel demand. —Bruchon et al.

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JULY 27, 2016

A key focus of the consortium is to ensure the technological solutions it develops meet the needs of automotive and battery manufacturers. University of Texas at Austin. PNNL’s lead role in the consortium builds on its decades of leadership in materials science, chemistry, transportation and power grid modernization.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. IEEE Spectrum did its best to cover those developments, and these were the stories that our readers liked best.

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JULY 8, 2015

The work can be from many fields including science, technology, economics, public policy or others. Milliron (University of Texas at Austin, USA): Resonate Award recipient for leveraging nanomaterials to improve the carbon reduction capabilities of smart windows. In addition to Professor Cui, the other awardees are: Joel L.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Coulomb Technologies, in partnership with Ford, Chevrolet and smart USA, will provide 4,600 free home and public ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles throughout the United States through the ChargePoint America program. Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies. Click to enlarge. Sacramento, Calif.;

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Contour Energy Systems, Inc, developer of new fluorine-based battery chemistries, nanomaterials science and manufacturing processes for lithium-ion energy storage systems ( earlier post ) is merging with Li-ion battery maker ActaCell Energy Systems, a spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin ( earlier post.

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JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. Earlier post.) Included with all the ChargePoint service plans are driver services. Both products provide two 7.2

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

The alliance has previously granted four sublicenses to these technologies. The A123 patents cross-licensed in this agreement are separate from the original Nanophosphate patents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which are not included as part of this settlement. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.; Richmond, Va.;

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The advancement of the US Smart Grid has taken another significant step forward after the US Department of Energy agreed to award $620million to projects across the country aimed at advancing Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2011

Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas, is supplying its Dynamic Power Resource on-site energy storage and power management system. Ford will install 10 electric vehicle charging stations at Michigan Assembly to demonstrate advanced battery charging technologies for vehicles using renewable energy and other smart-grid advances.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas, is supplying its Dynamic Power Resource on-site energy storage and power management system. With this solar energy system, we will be able to gain vital understanding about the integration of renewable power, smart-grid technologies and energy storage at an industrial facility.

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AUGUST 21, 2014

The new awards complement industry’s efforts and will enable academic researchers to experiment and advance cloud computing architectures that can support a new generation of innovative applications, including real-time and safety-critical applications such as those used in medical devices, power grids, and transportation systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Coulomb Technologies, ECOtality, General Motors and others have been moving forward to install the charging stations as part of the Administration’s investments in US electric vehicle manufacturing and alternative vehicle infrastructure. New York, NY; Orlando, Fla.; Redmond, Wash.; Sacramento, Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; million.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

EVgo has integrated second-life BMW i3 batteries to store energy from the grid generated during peak solar hours and later use that stored energy to fast-charge EVgo customers during periods of high demand. —Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Exascale Predictive Wind Plant Flow Physics Modeling, Steve Hammond (NREL) with SNL, ORNL, University of Texas Austin. QMCPACK: A Framework for Predictive and Systematically Improvable Quantum- Mechanics Based Simulations of Materials, Paul Kent (ORNL) with ANL, LLNL, SNL, Stone Ridge Technology, Intel, Nvidia.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

Using these resources, Columbus will work to reshape its transportation system to become part of a fully-integrated city that harnesses the power and potential of data, technology, and creativity to reimagine how people and goods move throughout their city. Allen’s Vulcan Inc. —Secretary Foxx.

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AUGUST 6, 2022

The only issue is that this technology is still in Beta and the driver needs to be very aware of their surroundings. Although Tesla didn’t close down its factories in California, the company relocated its headquarters to Austin following Elon Musk’s personal decision to move to the Texas capital. And the car would go there.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 1, 2008

. – July 22, 2008; The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) announced today a research and development collaboration with General Motors and 34 top utilities to facilitate integration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles ( PHEVs ) into the grid, a key step in providing the nation’s drivers an alternative to petroleum fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced more than $30 million in federal funding, matched by more than $35 million in private sector funds, for 68 projects that will accelerate the commercialization of promising energy technologies—ranging from clean energy and advanced manufacturing, to building efficiency and next-generation materials.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 20, 2022

Clean Fleet Report was in Austin, Texas, in mid-July 2022, for the press reveal of the 2023 Crown. The front end features a large closed grille that sports a hash-grid pattern, and narrow LED head and daytime driving lights that wrap onto front fenders. We were able to crawl all over the Crown, but Toyota did not give us the keys.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 6, 2023

The Austin-based company has been launching new products and making strategic acquisitions to build complete solution-level capabilities for EV battery testing and validation, led by its automotive customers who don’t have time to build up the technology themselves. When did you decide to lean into the EV space?

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JULY 21, 2016

Enhance American manufacturing competitiveness, innovation, and the development of advanced technology. Enable smart charging and vehicle grid integration through solutions such as demand response, and other energy storage and load management strategies. National Grid. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), along with several auto manufacturers, utilities, and regional transmission organizations, will demonstrate the Open Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Platform software system, developed by EPRI and Sumitomo Electric Industries. Earlier post.).

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