Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Fusion Fuel has engaged Black & Veatch to perform a concept study and is also working with Cornerstone Engineering and Headwaters Solutions. Fusion Fuel has created a modular, integrated solar-to-hydrogen generator, powered by a proprietary miniaturized PEM electrolyzer, that enables off-grid production of green hydrogen.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Electrification of fleets continues to grow as more EVs, including light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and automobiles, come onto the marketplace. In fact, EVs are expected to make up 31% of the global fleet by 2050. However, in the big picture, environmental gains from EVs may be offset by stressing the grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Within the framework of the initiative, the E-Mobility Group is bringing together the main players—e-truck customers, power grid operators, energy suppliers, charging hardware manufacturers and charging software providers—thus promoting shared infrastructure solutions for truck customers within the network.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2018

Ricardo is supporting a trial run by UK Power Networks into using smart grid technology to unlock spare capacity for increased electric vehicle use—maximizing the power available from existing infrastructure while avoiding costly network reinforcement or substation replacement.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

The second-generation concept machine is part of an electric site research project that aims to transform the quarry and aggregates industry, reducing carbon emissions by up to 95% and total cost of ownership by up to 25%. The HX1 was proof of concept. Since then, Volvo CE’s engineers have been further developing the machine.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Around 3,000 new battery packs, destined for the current smart electric drive vehicle fleet, are being pooled to create the ESS at the enercity site in Herrenhausen. The innovative storage concept has a further advantage, tha partners point out. With a storage capacity totalling 15 MWh, the installation is one of the largest in Europe.

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Grid Store Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

A Concept ActiveE is in the background. 2011 will see the handover to Chinese customers of a further fleet based on the BMW Concept ActiveE, a concept EV based on the 1 Series. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG at the BMW Group Future Mobility Night 2010 in Beijing. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2019

New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions will support mobility projects from start to finish and focus on energy management optimization as well as infrastructure planning and development, providing a cohesive transition of bus fleets to zero-emission bus (ZEB) technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

The University of Delaware has signed the first license for its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology with AutoPort, Inc., Under the terms of the licensing agreement, AutoPort has been granted non-exclusive rights in the area of commercial fleet vehicles. Vehicle to Grid Technology (Univ. —Dick Johnson. of Delaware).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

Two units have already been sold to utilities in the United States: NYSEG and RG&E, AVANGRID companies, and National Grid. The 580 EV is the second major alternative-powered machine introduced by CASE; the manufacturer rolled out the FPT Industrial methane-powered concept wheel loader ProjectTETRA at Bauma 2019. and Moog Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2013

A pair of researchers at the University of Michigan have used “big data” mining techniques to evaluate the impact of adopting plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in the Beijing taxi fleet on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions based on the characterized individual travel patterns. —Cai and Xu. one-driver taxi versus two-driver taxi).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The research project iZEUS is developing concepts and practical examples for the integration of electromobility in private and urban commercial transport. The goal of the research is to develop one uniform transport concept that will be tested and demonstrated with the help of fleet tests made up of a significant number of test vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

The benefits of fleet electrification are well-known, but the question of feasibility is still very real in the minds of many heavy fleet managers. To help fleets understand how electric trucks can fit into their operations, Mack Trucks is offering a mobile off-grid charging system.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

e-Mosaic: Electrification Mosaic Platform for Grid- Informed Smart Charging Management. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits. New Two-Cylinder Prototype Demonstration and Concept Design of a Next Generation Class 3-6 Opposed Piston Engine. Dream Team Co LLC. Exelon Corporation. Achates Power.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2019

In 2018, Volkswagen announced at the Vienna Motor Symposium that it would make the innovative low-voltage concept accessible to a broad public. Volkswagen will then gradually extend the electrification of the drive system to the entire fleet. A DC/DC converter supplies the conventional 12V grid with voltage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

The new funding program complements BMVI’s funding concept for the overall charging infrastructure system in Germany: This includes private charging at home and at the employer. A support program with €350 million for commercial charging for fleet applications and for employees is planned for the summer. .

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

A flexible payload and battery concept allow adaptation to individual needs for practical use. In countless customer conversations, however, Mercedes-Benz found that there were always questions about charging infrastructure—particularly in larger fleets: can all vehicles be charged simultaneously at the depot?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The concept announced at EVS29 is the first market-ready home storage system using a second-life automotive BMW i3 high-voltage battery integrated by BECK Automation (Würzburg, Germany). In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project.

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Energy Storage BMW Energy Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2011

Typical daily grid demand. “ Why do you need energy storage on the grid, when the grid is full of power plants that generate all the energy that is needed? ” It would seem like a good question to ask and applies the same logic has been used for the past fifty years in determining grid strategy.

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Store Grid Energy Storage Wind 279

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

Volkswagen, in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment, presented in Berlin the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. As a comparison, the Golf blue-e-motion concept car with full electric drive has a battery capacity of 26.5 Earlier post.)

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. New partners for fleets—and lots of them. Driving style also matters.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 20, 2024

Honda Space-Hub Concept – 2024 CES Honda may be a late-starter with mass-production EVs, but as communicated last week with the Saloon and Space-Hub concepts and by company executives, it has big plans for later in the decade—including multiple platforms underpinning a unified Series 0 architecture. sales in calendar year 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

These new SCALEUP teams are receiving funding to support the scaling of high-risk and potentially disruptive new electric vehicle battery, data center efficiency, grid modernization, emissions mitigation, and storage technologies. Scaling Up Cost-Effective Grid Modernization – $8,560,000. Earlier post.) Switched Source LLC.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2017

At the upcoming workshop, ARB staff will discuss preliminary concepts developed since the first workshop in April 2016. Carrier Transicold’s Vector 8100) that are plugged into the electric power grid while in use. Current control measure concepts also include transitioning California’s TRU fleet to zero-emission technology.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The high variety of product variants of the local market require very flexible and efficient production and facility concepts. The aim is a carbon neutral new car fleet until 2039. Central assembly stations were set up in the same way as in the battery factory in Kamenz and were further developed for site-specific requirements.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

In Stuttgart, the Integrated Concept for Sustainable Electric Mobility project (IKONE) is being funded by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development. Power supply is via charging stations at fleet depots. Initial concerns regarding a too limited range were not substantiated in practice, Daimler said.

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Get Electric Vehicle

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Integrating AI and IoT into EV charging is not a futuristic concept but a timely and crucial evolution. This not only helps users save on costs by avoiding peak energy periods but also aids in balancing the grid’s load and integrating more renewable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

The Roadmap proposes completely transforming the US light-duty vehicle fleet into one in which grid-enabled mobility (grid-enabled vehicles, GEV) is the new conventional standard. By 2040, the report proposed, 75% of the light-duty vehicle miles traveled in the US should be electric miles.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

The fact that we can ease the transition from traditional to decarbonized mining fleets for our customers is one of the key strategies of the Liebherr Zero Emission Mining Program.” The converted R 9400 can be connected to a constant power source for energy, either directly to the grid or to a large scale BESS.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2019

This area of interest includes four topics: gaseous fuels (H2, NG, RNG, and LPG) technology demonstration projects; alternative fuel proof-of-concept in new communities and fleets; electric vehicle and charging community partner projects; and an open topic. Technology integration. Transportation and energy analysis.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

The SmartGridCity project is the first fully functioning smart grid enabled city. Its goal is to provide increased grid reliability and energy use information. The ten vehicles participating in the project are part of a 150 vehicle demonstration fleet arriving in the US in early 2010.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 24, 2008

said today that it will show a small electric concept vehicle at the Detroit auto show next month.&# - Toyota Division Communications. Of course, it’s only a “concept&# car, and we know that means they could be a good two years from actually releasing something, but the fact that they’re showing it at all speaks volumes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

The BMW Brilliance plug-in hybrid concept. have presented a concept plug-in hybrid sedan based on the long wheelbase version of the BMW 5 Series Sedan. The electrical motor draws its energy from a high-voltage battery pack, housed in the luggage compartment, which can be charged via the grid. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

In parallel with the advancing electrification of its fleet, Volkswagen Group and its brands continue to rely on CNG (compressed natural gas) as an alternative drive technology for decarbonizing road transport; Volkswagen Group[ has revised and expanded its product range again with this in mind.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2017

The investment is intended to accelerate development of these designs and technologies so that the existing domestic fleet of nuclear power plants remains viable and the most mature new, advanced US designs can be deployed as early as mid-to-late 2020s, and be globally competitive. First of a Kind Nuclear Demonstration Readiness Projects.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

This would create an energy market in which only the amount of electricity actually in demand is fed into the grid. In addition, a fleet regulation for power plant fleets modeled after the automobile industry would be an effective way to limit the average CO 2 emissions of the power utilities and further reduce emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

GEMINA’s goal is to reduce fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from ~13 $/MWh in the current fleet to ~2 $/MWh in the advanced fleet. The digital twin framework synthesizes information from the operating plant and assimilates data from across the fleet to provide a holistic understanding of the asset.

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