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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

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A fast MVDC breaker is an important component to enable uprating existing alternating-current distribution corridors in congested urban areas to MVDC, and connect distributed renewable energy sources to concentrated demand for growing applications such as electric vehicle charging.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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Perfect for a first-mile-last-mile connection, the user either pays for rental time or distance traveled, whichever is less expensive. The charging stations will have a range of power from 50 kilowatts (kW), which is most commonly used in today’s electric vehicles, to 150 and 350kW. mile “Home Zone.”

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Yes, Automakers Stand To Benefit From Installing Public EV Charging Stations

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will need as many as 235,000 fast EV chargers to meet demand — up from about 47,000 chargers that are available today. General Motors recently signed agreements with seven different third-party charging-station providers, including EV Connect, to guarantee charging access for its vehicles anywhere in the country.

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President Obama launches $500M Advanced Manufacturing Partnership; Ford involved as an initial partner

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The AMP is being developed based on the recommendation of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), which today released a report entitled “Ensuring Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing.” The PCAST report found that the United States is losing leadership in manufacturing—not just.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

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The bill is agnostic in terms of how V2X tech is implemented. A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology. In just a few years, every new EV, on both the consumer and commercial sides, is likely to be bi. That’s one way.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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Skip to Content Massively explains Warhammer Online to the dedicated WoW player AOL Tech Europe ↓ Polska Deutschland Asia ↓ ???? ???? ??? ???? Reply Highly Ranked Shyam D @ Apr 19th 2009 4:34PM Such data connections could easily be relegated to a wireless connection. Merely connecting the cable has to do the work.