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EPRI, 8 automakers and 15 utilities to create an open grid integration platform for plug-in electric vehicles

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In addition, in December 2013, Honda supplied an Accord Plug-In Hybrid with a bi-directional on-board charger to the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research (STAR) Campus. BMW announced its Smart Charging App for mobile devices in June 2014 following the launch of the BMW i3 electric vehicle.

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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs

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The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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EVgo launches grid-tied public fast charging system with second-life batteries

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Following a pilot program at University of California San Diego (UCSD), this second-life battery system has been unveiled at an operational EVgo fast charging station located in Union City, CA at 3960 Smith Street. —Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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and UC-Davis Emeritus and Catherine JJ DeMauro. It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Table of Contents.

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NREL: battery second use offsets EV expense, improves grid stability; recommendations

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These capabilities are expected to become even more valuable in future facilitation of higher penetrations of solar- and wind-based generation. Laboratories, Universities, Future Repurposers, and other Third Parties. It is estimated that a critical mass of used PEV batteries will become available beginning in 2030.

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