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Is your smart charger about to become dumb? Don’t get caught out, says myenergi

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With thousands of new EVs hitting the roads this month to coincide with the March plate change, myenergi is recommending that drivers choose carefully when it comes to specifying a future-proof home charger, ensuring that it’s WiFi or ethernet-connected to ensure that it doesn’t ‘go dumb’ in the future.

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Li-ion Supplier Saft Partners with Apollo Solar on US DOE Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) Project

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Saft is supplying a lithium-ion battery system to provide energy storage for one of the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems (SEGIS) projects funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems concept paper (2007). Earlier post.).

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Toyota’s new senior management remains committed to multi-pathway future; becoming a mobility company

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Koji Sato explaining Toyota Mobility Concept Connected cars and the data they provide is also central to Toyota’s mobility concept. In “Mobility 1.0”, Toyota aims to extend the value of the car by connecting various types of movement. Collectively serving as an energy grid, BEVs can enhance the energy security of society.

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Northvolt to build third gigafactory in Germany

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The region hosts the cleanest energy grid in Germany, one which is characterized by a surplus of electricity generated by onshore and offshore wind power and reinforced by clean energy provided through grid interconnections to Denmark and Norway. —Peter Carlsson, Co-Founder and CEO.

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BMW, Ford, Honda to Form New EV Charging Company

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The service also seeks to return excess energy to the electrical grid, effectively converting EVs into publicly shared batteries. This could likewise help circumvent some of the ecological issues associated with battery production and disposal by reducing the total number required to keep the energy grid functioning.

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Hubject and Daimler pilot Plug&Charge via ISO 15118 on smart EQ fortwo/forfour; no card or app needed

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Once the connection between the vehicle and the charging station is established, the authorization data from the driver is transmitted and compared in encrypted form. Source: Hubject. ISO 15118 governs the automated, secure exchange of information between the vehicle and the charging infrastructure based on digital certificates.

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FedEx Express doubles and diversifies all-electric fleet with 24 new units; adding more than 4,000 new, fuel-efficient vehicles in total

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These vehicles will be studied to help evolve all-electric vehicle technology and to establish a foundation of understanding on utility grid needs by modeling impact of future all-electric vehicle growth on the shared energy grid.