Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Parker’s objective is to validate that series-produced electric vehicles—as part of an operational vehicle fleet—can support the power grid by becoming a vertically integrated resource, providing seamless support to the power grid both locally and system-wide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. ISO RTO operating regions. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Diesel PM emissions from trucks serving the Port of Oakland, California declined 98% between 2005 and 2015, according to an emissions inventory released by the Port. According to the Port’s study, truck Diesel Particulate Matter (DPM) emissions have decreased from 16 tons in 2005 to 0.4 tons in 2015.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

As interest in AI surges, so too has scrutiny of the technology’s energy intensity and its corresponding burden on data centres and power grids. Chemix , an AI-powered EV battery developer, has completed a USD 20 million Series A funding round, led by Ibex Investors.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). This will reduce the indirect cost of solar power to California ratepayers. The Commission approved a $1.6-million

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2017

Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) announced that new research on power-to-gas technology shows the technique holds the ability to significantly increase the use of intermittent renewable energy. The finding came out of ongoing research conducted at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and funded by SoCalGas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

Working with a group of nearly 100 BMW i3 drivers, selected from approximately 400 applicants, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to optimizing electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Sunnyvale, California). Bright Silicon Technologies (San Francisco, California). Kairos Power (Alameda, California). Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Marrone Bio Innovations (Davis, California). Santa Clara, California). Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) (Palo Alto, California).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will partner with an industry-academia team led by the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) to investigate secondary applications for aged battery packs from electric drive vehicles. million with 51% of the funding coming from CCSE and its partners.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

Integration of renewable hydrogen and the power grid through development, optimization and validation of technologies that enable distributed generation of renewable hydrogen in a broader energy ecosystem. H 2 FIRST partners include several agencies from the state of California.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2016

While studying these materials, the consortium will work to prevent unwanted side reactions in the whole battery that weaken a battery’s performance. University of California, San Diego. The team will pair lithium with two different materials for the cathode. Idaho National Laboratory. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

As interest in AI surges, so too has scrutiny of the technology’s energy intensity and its corresponding burden on data centres and power grids. The three-year-old startup will use the funding to scale its technology, which uses algorithms to design and optimise novel batteries for electric vehicle makers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). Grid efficiency through managed charging, combined with a used EV battery “second-life” system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis suggest that a number of positive trends indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation, despite earlier starts that fizzled. These partnerships are bringing key stakeholders together.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW is conducting a pilot study into the relationship between home electric vehicle (EV) charging and the energy grid, together with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), whose service area covers Northern and Central California. ChargeForward.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 10, 2015

The rise of modern electric cars has brought concerns that their cumulative charging needs could have an increasing impact on electric power grids. While most studies and utility executives discount much of this fear, BMW.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California. million ZEV vehicles on the roadways by 2025.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 23, 2023

Mercedes just got a license in California to drive a car that you don’t have to have hands on the wheel. Not like in airplanes—my, oh my, they study the source code.” —Dan O’Dowd: They say they’re studying it. Not like in airplanes—my, oh my, they study the source code. There is no testing now of software in cars.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 9, 2023

Through a converter that’s usually present in the charger, it allows vehicles to send energy directly back to the grid. This can facilitate more energy efficiency for a local power grid and lead to cost savings by enabling charger owners to get paid for helping maintain grid reliability — something we will discuss more below.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

EV owners should be urged to charge at night to save not only money and the power grid but “ the world ,” a news headline cries out. Not so fast, exclaim researchers at Stanford University, who state that charging EVs during the day is actually cheaper, better for the grid, and healthier for the environment.

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Driivz

AUGUST 21, 2022

One study found that up to 6.8 California leads with 34,000 total public charging points, followed by New York (6,547) and Florida (5,644). . Anecdotal evidence of frequent public charger failures is now backed by studies that show high rates of charger outages. That can become a bottleneck to growth. .

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Ford formed its first utility partnership with Southern California Edison in 2007. EPRI, which is providing financial and logistical support for extensive new studies, formed the collaboration of utilities for the program. Arshad Mansoor, EPRI vice president of Power Delivery and Utilization. Earlier post.).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

Ed Kjaer, the director of electric transportation for Southern California Edison, demonstrates how the Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle or MiEV plugs into their Garage of the Future at their Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona on Thursday, January 22, 2009. Smart meters have uses far beyond electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

In the paper, the GM team broke down CO 2 and fuel consumption reduction potentials into several categories: The introduction of E-REVs and PHEVs to existing grids, displacing petroleum use; The influence of charging availability and consumer behavior on CO 2 reduction; Changes in power grid mix as well as vehicle stock; and.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. And local electrical grids may need reinforcement. When the president of the California Public Utilities Commission, Michael R.

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EV Connect

JUNE 13, 2022

A recent study showed 67% of would-be purchasers claim cost is a primary concern. However, so far the industry has relied on already green-minded and well-developed areas like California. Grid Development The power grid and the role it plays in the future of EV adoption also relates to manufacturing.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies. The GREET 1.6

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Power and Associates 2004 report ]. Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there.

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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. 9/28/06 "We are also studying plug-in hybrids, and will have more to say about those soon." (Bob Establishing dealer network. Bloomberg ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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