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Toyota & Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

CleanTechnica EVs

This collaborative effort aims to research sustainable energy solutions and provide local energy grid resilience PLANO, Texas and WASHINGTON, D.C. Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) and local energy utility Pepco are working together on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) using a Toyota bZ4X.

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Toyota and Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

Electric Cars Report

This collaborative effort will explore bidirectional power flow technology that will allow BEV owners to not only charge their vehicle’s battery but also send power back to the local energy grid.

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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

Green Car Congress

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. Achieving our EV vision to have 1.5

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Unifrax to build large-scale silicon fiber anode manufacturing line

Green Car Congress

SiFAB is a proprietary silicon anode battery technology developed by Unifrax which enables significantly greater energy density in lithium-ion battery systems than prevailing technologies. The anode technology has successfully been tested with incremental Si loadings of greater than 40%.

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Consumers Think Renewable Energy Inadequate for EV Charging

Clean Fleet Report

Consumers Think Renewable Energy Inadequate for EV Charging Are They Right? Zero-emissions cars now populate the roads where they were once rare, and new models emerge regularly, but this growth calls the charging infrastructure into question. Renewable energy currently accounts for just 17% of electricity sources in the U.S.,

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Coulomb Technologies Signs Exclusive Distributor for Charging Stations for Australia

Green Car Congress

Coulomb Technologies has signed ChargePoint Pty Ltd to an exclusive distribution agreement for its charging stations in Australia. The pilot projects will be used to evaluate charging behavior, energy grid load analysis and environmental and societal impacts. Most manufacturers expected to release models in 2012.

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Hubject and Daimler pilot Plug&Charge via ISO 15118 on smart EQ fortwo/forfour; no card or app needed

Green Car Congress

Drivers of plug-in electric vehicles have needed to have the right charging card or smartphone app to gain access to public charging stations. Daimler and Hubject have now concluded the pilot phase of the system in cooperation with the charging point operator ebee smart technologies. Source: Hubject.

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