Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Idaho National Laboratory has released the voluminous findings from its analysis of five large-scale PEV and charging infrastructure projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The key finding of INL’s assessment of the results was that public charging infrastructure is not needed everywhere to enable PEV adoption.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2010

The arrangement will be announced at the New York Auto Show, where the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range will be on display. Chevrolet will deliver more than 100 Volts to 10 utilities across the US—including Con Edison—as part of the extended demonstration program.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, GM announced that the Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle will first be available late next year in California, with other lead markets to be named later. They join EPRI, an independent, nonprofit research organization based in Palo Alto, Calif., and seven other utilities in the project.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2010

Greater Washington DC will be an initial launch market for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle with extended range. Chevrolet also announced a development and demonstration program with DC-area utilities Pepco and Dominion to introduce customers to electric vehicles and establish vehicle charging programs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

GM is embracing the use of communications standards that operate with optional data transports to enable smart charging and integration with the emerging smart grid. plug-in hybrids, extended range electric vehicles and battery electric vehicles) are smart loads, and so fall into the third element. PLC=Power Line Communications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Establish a public charging infrastructure plan; Establish a local/state incentives plan; Establish a marketing and educational outreach plan. Provide incentives for vehicle purchasers (see above - $2,500/16 kWh vehicle) and charging equipment and installation (see above - up to $3,000/home; $30,000/other site with 10 charging ports).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

For the others, it is partnering with organizations like the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to focus on electric power generation, delivery and use, and working with communities, such as San Francisco, to ensure the development of integrated policies that will streamline adoption for consumers. Source: EPRI. Source: EPRI.

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