Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Sumitomo Corporation has developed and installed the first large-scale power storage system which utilizes used batteries collected from electric vehicles. This commercial scale storage system, built on Yume-shima Island, Osaka, will begin operating in February 2014. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2020

These storage systems are intended mainly for power producers, transmission providers and distributors, as well as the commercial and industrial markets for medium- and large-scale storage. EVLO systems also include power control and energy management software. Hydro-Québec has launched EVLO Energy Storage Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2013

has developed a container-type energy storage system as a core energy product for ensuring the stable use of distributed renewable energy such as wind and solar power, while maintaining the power supply-demand balance. s battery-related expertise. Hitachi, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

Northvolt and Vattenfall have launched of a new battery energy storage solution, Voltpack Mobile System—a rugged, highly modular lithium-ion battery system envisioned as a zero-emission alternative to replace diesel generators. The hub also serves as an interface for applications, and houses inverter and auxiliary systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. NZN can integrate with the centralized grid. Actually delivering commercially viable 500-mile batteries will require exascale computing—i.e., Source: Gil Weigand. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Working with Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems company, Nissan North America is launching a new pilot program under the Nissan Energy Share initiative which leverages bi?directional directional EV charging technology to partially power its North American headquarters in Franklin, TN, and its design center in San Diego, CA.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2011

exhibited five models from its Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) lineup, including three trucks all based on the Atlas 24 model equipped with Nissan LEAF components and other EV-related technologies at the 2011 Tokyo Truck Show: the e-NT400 Atlas Concept; the Atlas F24 Refrigerator Van by Li-ion Battery; and the Atlas F24 Power Supply Truck.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable, membrane-less hydrogen bromine laminar flow battery with high power density. The membrane-less design enables power densities of 0.795?W?cm 2 at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, with a round-trip voltage efficiency of 92% at 25% of peak power. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

Valence Technology recently announced the availability of the U-Charge P40-24, the first in a new generation of high-power battery modules utilizing the company’s lithium iron magnesium phosphate chemistry. The modules are configured and controlled by Valence’s own in-house developed battery management system (BMS). Batteries'

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. 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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Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2021

And, most crushingly, the unit weighed more than 7 kilograms (16 pounds)—much of that weight from a lead-acid battery. Thirty-two years later, our laptops are powered by much, much lighter lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries. Batteries have gotten a whole lot better, but they have not gotten Moore's-Law better.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

Distribution of battery requirements for consumer-selected PHEV designs (shaded circles) compared to USABC, MIT and EPRI performance requirements. The USABC specifies two PHEV designs to guide its battery requirements: an AE-10 crossover and AE-40 mid-sized car. grid only). Battery mass. Source: Axsen et al. Mid-size car.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Li-ion battery maker Electrovaya Inc. Electrovaya would work with Hero Eco to implement Li-ion-powered electric bikes for Hero’s markets in Asia, Europe and North America. Miljobil is a Li-ion battery pack integrator, which was earlier part of Tata Motors.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

KTSi) have signed a long-term cooperation Agreement to advance and promote innovative, clean flywheel-based energy storage and recycling systems for mass transit rail and grid applications. Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited (Williams F1) and Kinetic Traction Systems, Inc.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The BioCharger is designed to provide off-grid power from vegetative waste. Then, it converts the residual heat energy into electric energy and stores it in a connected Battery Storage Module. The accompanying charging mechanism allows the stored energy to be used for off-grid EV and machinery charging.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 6, 2022

Regardless of how or where you charge, not all the electrical energy pulled from the grid—those watts—will make it into the “fuel tank” (battery). EV batteries store and produce DC electricity, not AC electricity. This is important because EV batteries are charged with DC power. Why does battery temperature matter?

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My Energi

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Earlier this week (11 December), the government announced that VAT relief on Energy Saving Materials (ESMs) in residential buildings will be extended to include home batteries, power diverters and water-source heat pumps from 1 February 2024.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. It’s long been known that urban and suburban deliveries are one of the best duty cycles for battery-electric vehicles. Got all that? All-wheel drive is not offered.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

Ford and PGE will work together to share information on charging needs and requirements to ensure the electrical grid can support the necessary demand for electric vehicles, as well as partner on consumer education outreach around electric vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. It’s long been known that urban and suburban deliveries are one of the best duty cycles for battery-electric vehicles. Got all that? All-wheel drive is not offered.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

The fuel cell and 28 kWh lithium-ion battery pack power the vehicle’s 200 kW powertrain, air conditioning, and auxiliary systems. Onboard batteries are recharged by regenerative braking as well as grid charging. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

Plug-in electric vehicles—plug-in hybrids and full battery-powered—will represent nearly 20% of the global market for light vehicles in 2030, according to findings in a study on the business case for Plugged-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) by automotive industry analysts at IHS Global Insight. share for battery-electrics.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Hedging its bets, the industry is exploring ammonia, batteries, and hydrogen, among other options for powering ships. Why nuclear-powered ships? Why nuclear-powered ships? Alexander Piragis/Alamy Batteries are an obvious nonstarter, Emblemsvåg adds. The battery solution is dead before it starts,” he declares.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2016

A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is collaborating with Oorja Protonics , a developer and manufacturer of direct methanol fuel cell technology ( earlier post ) on a two-year project to deploy and demonstrate methanol fuel cells for power pallet jacks in four commercial wholesale distribution centers.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

in the past few years important factors have emerged that are re-accelerating the commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. —“The Hydrogen Transition”. Driving factors. Transition issues.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

million in funding for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to develop three new pilot programs to test how bidirectional electric vehicles (EVs) and chargers can provide power to the electric grid and other benefits to customers. V2X Commercial Pilot ($2.7 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved $11.7

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

MMC has so far been focusing its EV technology in the Japanese minicar class: MMC rolled out the i-MiEV EV in 2009 and will introduce its second mass-produced EV—the MINICAB-MiEV minicar-class light commercial EV—in December this year. In addition, the quick-charge port is vehicle-to-home (V2H) compatible.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The 124-megawatt solar plant adjacent to Korea Zinc’s Townsville refinery, completed in 2018, cut a quarter of the coal-heavy grid power it had been using to run its power-intensive electrolytic process. Why a hydrogen truck? The coming fuel-cell trucks will trim its diesel consumption. In 2021, Ark Energy took a stake in.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Volta Trucks, a start-up electric vehicle manufacturer, has revealed the new Volta Zero—its first vehicle and the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed specifically for inner-city parcel and freight distribution. It also provides packaging benefits by freeing up space between the chassis rails.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is convinced of the advantages of battery-electric vans and is preparing to go fully electric before the end of the decade wherever market conditions allow. Customers, fleet operators and vehicle body builders can already choose from four battery-electric models: the eVito panel van, the eSprinter, the eVito Tourer and the EQV.

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EV Connect

MAY 1, 2023

It continues on through how you think about deployment — which cars have sufficient battery power available and where will they recharge along the route? And it affects questions of maintenance — you no longer need to worry about oil changes and similar maintenance, but how are you maximizing battery life and efficiency?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

This includes research on appropriate anodes, cathodes, and electrolytes for magnesium (Mg)-, sodium (Na)-, and lithium (Li)-based batteries and novel transition metal oxide- and nitride-based supercapacitor electrode materials. High-energy density magnesium batteries for smart electrical grids. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

Distributed Energy Storage (DES) demonstration with GM Volt battery pack and ABB PQF inverter. In conjunction with the Plug-in 2011 event in Raleigh, NC, GM and ABB demonstrated a lab prototype of a distributed energy storage (DES) system that combines Volt battery technology and a proven grid-tied electric power inverter.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

A coalition of car makers, battery suppliers and electricity providers has come together to ask for federal help for EVs. “A coalition of auto makers, battery manufacturers, utility operators and shipping companies wants the U.S. Updated to attribute projection on “smart-grid&# earnings to FERC Chairman.).

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