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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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GM Webchat with Chris Borroni-Bird on Reinventing the Automobile, Friday 2pm EDT

Green Car Congress

GM is holding a live webchat tomorrow, 30 April 2 p.m. EDT, with Christopher Borroni-Bird, GM’s Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts and co-author of the book Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21 st Century. Develop the Mobility Internet for sharing traffic and travel data.

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Autonomous driving visionary Dr. Lawrence Burns joining Neural Propulsion Systems as Executive Advisor; L4/L5 autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

After leaving GM in 2009, Dr. Burns was a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan (2011-2015), and Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University (2010-2014). Woebcken, most recently President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America Inc., He received a B.S.

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October '06 - CARB Takes Testimony on Electrics; LA Takes Action on RAV4 EVs

Plugs and Cars

GM announced its intention to “place” 100 FCVs with fleets and consumers over the next few years. Lithium batteries and the possibilities of Vehicle-to-Grid technology provided the real buzz at ZEVTech. She will be traveling to promote the book beginning in November. They forsee no market until well into the next decade.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

He joined Ola in Nov 20, after a 45 year stint at GM. At GM, he headed the Latin American operations and was responsible for plants with a production capacity of a million vehicles per year. His experience at Ola has been quite different from GM. What the likes of GM would take 2 years to build, Ola did in eight months.

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Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vehicle to Grid [V2G] technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. Smart Grid City will use a realtime high-speed two-way communication throughout the distribution grid. Smart meters and substations will be integral.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But it is a price that must be paid, and GM should be commended for remaining committed to the Volt. It isa fundamental change in direction for GM. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. GM is developing more fuel-efficient vehicles. Thats short-sighted.

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