Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In Germany, the FastCharge research consortium ( earlier post ) has presented a prototype for a charging station with an output of up to 450 kW in Jettingen-Scheppach, located near the A8 motorway between Ulm and Augsburg. Initiated in July 2016, the Fast Charge research project has received €7.8 million (US$8.9

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck. ORNL’s bidirectional technology is fully compliant with grid power quality standards.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Fraunhofer ESK is developing underlying communication methods for a uniform energy management system for power grids and electric vehicles. The reference system is intended to help charging station and e-vehicle manufacturers and grid operators implement the communication standards and test their products for standards compliance.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

million grant to the Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) to lead development of an advanced management platform for integrating electric vehicle (EV) charging with utility-scale energy systems. The California Energy Commission has awarded a $1.5 Part 2: Network and application protocol requirements.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2022

A realistic pilot test conducted by Porsche, the grid operator TransnetBW and consulting firm Intelligent Energy System Services (IE2S), has demonstrated that electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage batteries of an intelligent swarm of electric cars. —Dr Rainer Pflaum, CFO TransnetBW.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

China Southern Power Grid (CSG) and Better Place opened their Switchable Electric Car Experience Center in Guangzhou’s Pearl River New Town. The company’s strategy has battery switch at its core combined with centralized EV charging. CSG will promote the development of national technical standards and build a smart EV network.

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Driivz

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A Charge Point Operator (CPO) is an eMobility industry player that builds EV charging sites, installs hardware from a variety of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) vendors, and ensures optimal ongoing EV charging operations. What should Charge Point Operators (CPOs) care about?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2019

Jouley is powered by Proterra electric vehicle technology and configured with 220 kWh of total energy capacity, a two-speed transmission and a TBB-estimated operating range of up to 134 miles. TBB is the only school bus manufacturer to offer DC fast charging architecture as standard equipment. —Proterra CEO Ryan Popple.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and the Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), Japan’s largest electric utility, will collaborate on vehicle-grid integration technologies with the purpose of accelerating transportation electrification and decarbonization.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2014

ABB and Volvo Buses are partnering to co-develop and to commercialize electric and hybrid buses with open standards-based direct current (DC) fast charging systems. That system enables onboard batteries to be charged in 15 seconds with a 400 kW boost at selected stops using a roof-mounted system (“Flash station”). Earlier post.)

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

Those vehicles are hungry for electrons, driving growth in charging stations and the infrastructure to support them. The beating heart of EV charging lies in the software and management systems that enable this dynamic market. EV charging software manages much more than just topping up the battery in an electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

The aim of the project will be power-grid load-equalization and the establishment of an optimized vehicle-charging scheme. Additionally, the project will seek to develop an appropriate scheme to optimally manage charging through a variable toll system.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Siemens Energy Management Division has teamed with Duke Energy and Ford to demonstrate the results of an 18-month effort to reduce the cost and expand electric vehicle charging technologies. OpenADR is an open standard for Automated Demand Response, allowing utilities to manage grid load resources remotely and automatically.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2010

SAE International has published the J2836/1 standard: Use Cases for Communication between Plug-In Vehicles and the Utility Grid. The standard establishes use cases for two-way communication between plug-in electric vehicles and the electric power grid, for energy transfer and other applications. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The Renault-Nissan Alliance is installing 90 new charge spots for electric vehicles in and around Paris for the COP21 global summit on climate change. The quick and standard EV charging stations will use electricity with a small carbon footprint. France already has about 10,000 quick and standard charging spots.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Expanding its portfolio of solutions for the marine electrification industry, Leclanché is introducing a new “ports and harbor” infrastructure solution enabling hybrid and fully electric vessels to fast charge when returning to port. The Ontario ports and harbor systems are equipped with a 3.0 —Anil Srivastava, CEO, Leclanché.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Working with Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems company, Nissan North America is launching a new pilot program under the Nissan Energy Share initiative which leverages bi?directional directional EV charging technology to partially power its North American headquarters in Franklin, TN, and its design center in San Diego, CA.

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Setec Powerr

JULY 26, 2022

The new energy vehicle charging station is similar to the car gas station, which is a kind of “power-up” device. It is a high-efficiency charger that can quickly charge mobile phones, electric vehicles, and electric vehicles. Regular charging. Fast charging.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The collaboration aims to power EVs in California with clean energy, and generate cleaner air in the state by leveraging the latest biodigester technology to create renewable energy by capturing methane from manure to feed back into the power grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The major driver for the project is the need to decarbonize the electrical grid, protect it from cybersecurity attacks and make it more resilient. We will be replicating the entire California power grid on one campus. The goal is to make the testbed available to outside research teams and industry by 2025.

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EV Connect

MARCH 21, 2022

In comes smart charging: Through open network communication between vehicles, charging stations and energy suppliers, the EV industry can continue to reduce its impact on energy resources. Read on to learn more about smart charging and its benefits to both drivers and station owners. What Is Smart EV Charging?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

million to develop an advanced smart charging technology that maintains plug-in electric vehicle consumer needs while reducing charging loads, to achieve electricity grid benefits. SEP2); Zigbee; Society of Automotive Engineers J1772; International Standards Organization 15118; etc.,

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Blink Charging is innovating demand response management while steadfastly committing to delivering reliable and dependable EV chargers for the electric vehicle community. Last year, Blink introduced a new demand response feature, enhancing grid management alongside existing local load management capabilities. What is Demand Response?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

The project goal is to verify the use of advanced technologies in a smart grid under the use of large volumes of renewable energy already in place, to contribute to smart grid standards, and to implement a low-carbon social infrastructure system that efficiently uses renewable energy on a remote island where electricity costs are relatively high.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2019

The project seeks to address multiple challenges related to the expansion of EVs, including the repurposing of used EV batteries, the expected impact of EV demand and renewable energy on the nation’s utility operators and the integration of EV batteries as a storage solution for the electric grid.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) are two-way communication technologies that involve the flow of electricity between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. These technologies are part of the broader concept known as smart charging or bidirectional charging.

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EV Connect

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

There is a ton of terminology floating around regarding electric vehicle (EV) charging. You may have learned about different EV charging “levels,” as well as terms like fast or rapid charging. Another important factor to consider for EV charging is the power current.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Innovative EV charging developer FreeWire Technologies is improving its flagship lineup of Boost chargers to offer an even more flexible and capable lineup that now includes bidirectional capabilities, power sharing, and site backup should the local grid encounter any power outages.

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Driivz

JULY 14, 2021

V2G, Vehicle-to-Grid, is a two-way power connectivity between the vehicle and the grid, with power from the vehicles’ batteries used to deliver energy to the grid during peak demand, and then the batteries are recharged from the grid during times of lower demand, such as late at night/early morning hours.

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Faced with the challenges, fuel retailers must make changes, so what are the benefits and impacts of establishing electric vehicle charging stations for refueling? There are many benefits to adding electric vehicle charging stations to gas stations. These two types are identified based on charging speeds needed for each type of EV.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Packetized energy management (PEM) allows the power grid to flexibly handle a varying supply of renewable energy.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 31, 2023

Any electric vehicle that is linked to a smart charging station or has an internet connection can have a controllable load, or the ability to choose when an EV charges. What is Bidirectional Charging? However, compared to residential usage, the performance criteria that apply to the grid are substantially stricter.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2009

Smart Grid electric transportation applications summary communications diagram. The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released for public review a report that identifies issues and proposes priorities for developing technical standards and an architecture for a US Smart Grid.

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Vehicle to Home power supply system, which aims to use EV technology to help power grids cope with peaks in demand, provide power during natural disasters, and make electricity from renewable sources more viable.By

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Charging Infrastructure Development: FAME supports the development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. This includes the establishment of electric vehicle charging stations across key urban and suburban areas to address range anxiety and encourage EV adoption.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

Making its debut appearance in a BMW, the standard-fitted XtraBoost raises the system output of the plug-in hybrid to a maximum 215 kW/292 hp. A new feature—included as standard in the new BMW 330e Sedan—is XtraBoost. Hybrid-specific standard features of the new BMW 330e Sedan include acoustic pedestrian protection.

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