Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2018

In proportion to its population, the Nordic region—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—is strikingly ahead of the rest of the world in adopting electric cars. Norway, Iceland and Sweden have the highest ratios of EVs per person, globally. Source: IEA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Demonstrate the system benefits generated by using electrolytic hydrogen solutions in grid operations. In total, more than 1,400 FCEVs will be deployed as part of the H2ME project throughout the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

This stretch, called Iris, will link Iceland to Ireland. In subsequent years, the Far North Fiber project will lay down a cable through the Northwest Passage, connecting Iceland to Greenland, then Canada, Alaska, and finally Japan. This prototype, the documents suggest, will then be used in an EV racing series later in the year.

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Driivz

MARCH 31, 2021

This is the second post of our renewable energy and EV charging series. Renewables provide a less expensive and eco-friendly energy source as a means to handle the growing pressure on the grid caused by multiple factors including extreme temperature fluctuations driving up demand for more electric heating and cooling.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2012

The discussions in Brussels last week concentrated on four key areas: Coupler safety and interoperability, fast charging. There will always be some slight differences in coupler configurations as a result of specific regional electric grid requirements, the group said. Vehicle-to-grid communications. Wireless charging.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Every Detroit Electric comes with built-in bi-directional charge and discharge capability. Made possible through the patented Detroit Electric home charging and power back-up unit – named ‘360-Powerback’ – the unit turns the vehicle into a power source for both the grid and the home.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The concept then graduated, first to a proof-of-principle venture in Iceland using multicopters, then to a well-funded Amazon project in the United Kingdom. And Dronamics claims it can carry cargo for half of what today’s air freighters charge.

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