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Ford and New York Power Authority Team on EVs

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Ford Motor Company and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) are coordinating efforts to help prepare the state of New York for the operation of electric vehicles. Cooperation between Ford and NYPA also involves working with the state and local governments on the most efficient ways to bring EVs to New York.

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Ford Testing Intelligent System for Plug-in Vehicle to Grid Communication to Manage Charging

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Ford Motor Company has developed an intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications and control system for its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that communicates directly with the electric grid. All 21 of Ford’s fleet of plug-in hybrid Escapes eventually will be equipped with the vehicle-to-grid communications technology.

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Ford Selects Johnson Controls-Saft for PHEV Battery Supplier in 2012; Adds 7 Utilities to PHEV Test Program

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Also, seven regional electric utility partners are joining Ford and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to conduct real-world tests on an expanding fleet of Ford Escape PHEVs. Ford’s current demonstration fleet of Escape plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) is using JCS Li-ion packs. Consolidated Edison of New York.

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How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis

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On 4 August 2020, a tropical storm knocked out power in many parts of New York City as well as neighboring counties and states. Normally during a heat wave, people have the option of escaping their homes and seeking cooler temperatures in public spaces like libraries, coffee shops, and stores. COVID-19 changed all that.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

charger is also required, though ideally the existing motor controllers might be used as grid chargers. Vehicle-to-grid interface technology is also particularly well suited to Plug-in vehicles. Recharge a Car, Recharge the Grid, Recharge the Planet Google.org supports PHEV & V2G with [link] project.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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told the New York Society of Security Analysts that Xerox was determined to develop “the architecture of information” to solve the problems that had been created by the “knowledge explosion.” The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009.

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