Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

Topics covered the expected gamut of policy (especially carbon policy), infrastructure, batteries and consumers. The charging infrastructure area will be a difficult one for businesses, noted Mark Duvall, Director Electric Transportation, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), in his session. Earlier post.). —Felix Kramer. [GM

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Those wishing to participate will be able to tie into the multi-site webchat from Green Car Congress tomorrow, as well as directly on GM’s FastLane Blog , the EV World site, or the GM-Volt site. Source: EPRI. Mark Duvall of EPRI said the grid would be able to handle “ as many [plug-ins] as you want. ” Source: EPRI.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. People wont buy a full car. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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