Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Rolls-Royce’s tests of its first mtu fuel cell demonstrator have shown that the system can provide uninterruptible power in the event of a blackout. It is black-start capable, meaning it can be started without being connected to a power grid.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

Photo: BEAM Global The British military has placed a $1 million order for San Diego-based Beam Global’s (Nasdaq: BEEM) off-grid solar EV chargers. It’s the first big order for Beam Global’s Europe factory, but it’s already sold “hundreds” of US-manufactured off-grid solar EV chargers to the US military. Get started here. –ad*

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Photo: Hydrowing The UK’s Inyanga Marine Energy Group is going to build Southeast Asia’s first tidal energy plant, which will power an off-grid island. The 1 megawatt (MW) tidal power plant, the project’s first stage, will be connected into a microgrid network, along with solar and battery storage. Get started here. –ad*

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Teslarati

JULY 10, 2022

Tesla and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) invitd 25,000 customers to create the world’s largest distributed battery to support grid reliability, the utility announced. The program allows homeowners with a Tesla Powerwall to send electricity to the grid when needed. The VPP pilot program has now been launched.

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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. Let’s explore each in detail: Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technology: 1. Let’s explore each in detail: Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technology: 1.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2020

The system scales through a central interface hub, which can connect in parallel up to five self-contained Voltpacks, each containing three liquid-cooled, industrial-grade battery Voltpack Cores. If further power or storage capacity is needed, this can be fulfilled simply by connecting multiple Voltpack Mobile Systems in parallel.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Beam Global displayed its EV ARC Beam Solar Charging Canopy, which the city will deploy in StreetsLA locations without having to worry about grid connections, electrical upgrades or construction costs. An optional Emergency Power Panel can provide power to first responders in an emergency or grid outage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

Working groups have been developing the draft roadmap since a kickoff event held in June 2022. The roadmap’s primary focus is on light duty, on-road plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are recharged via a connection to the electrical grid, as well as the supporting charging infrastructure needed to power them.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2012

GE’s WattStation Connect for mobile device users. GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business unveiled the new WattStation and WattStation Connect software at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit, Mich. WattStation Connect provides owners a user-friendly method to manage, monitor and maintain their EV charging ecosystem network.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

It will carry up to 42 cars and 300 passengers and speeds of up to twelve knots and connect the mainland port city of Millhaven, Ontario with Stella on Amherst Island. The BESS, which will be charged by the harbor grid, is connected to the ferry charger via 1800 kW DC-DC converters. MWh Leclanché Battery System.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

The new battery testing facility, meanwhile, with its own substation and dedicated National Grid connection, has the capability to test battery packs of up to 1MW with full fire protection in the event of a thermal runaway.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2013

In Australia, as part of the Victorian Government’s Electric Vehicle Trial ( earlier post ), DiUS Computing delivered a demand management demonstration project using Victoria’s Smart Grid. The home charging solution deployed for the project integrated the vehicle, the grid and the driver seamlessly and effectively.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

The report, Bucks for balancing: can plug-in vehicles of the future extract cash—and carbon—from the power grid? , is based on a research collaboration between a team of engineers from Ricardo and National Grid, the operator of the high voltage electricity transmission system within Great Britain (GB). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

Now entering its third phase, ChargeForward originally launched in 2015 to test the ability of EVs to support the electric grid and provide benefits to customers through vehicle-grid-integration applications that enable smart charging and demand response.

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Driivz

MAY 15, 2023

The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. Vehicle-to-building works much the same way but on a larger scale.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

As well as enabling EV owners to charge and discharge their electric vehicle to power their home or the grid, Wallbox’s latest innovation is designed to give EV drivers the ability to isolate their home from the grid and use their EV for backup power during a blackout. Providing up to 11.5

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EV Connect

JANUARY 24, 2022

As it stands, the power grid is already run-down and outdated , built for the electric loads of a century ago, not for modern life. Shifting to EVs poses a unique problem for the grid: a sudden, massive increase in demand that will be unpredictable and piecemeal. This saves the fleet owner money, and saves the power grid some stress.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

million in development funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to support research aimed at significantly reducing the current costs of electrical vehicle (EV) chargers and developing “smart” charging capabilities that support power grid efficiency and consumer demand. Appliance connection. In 2012, Siemens was awarded $1.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

Connected to the grid or even off-grid, the station can charge up to four electric cars simultaneously, based on the principle of a ‘power bank’, two with DC quick charging. The charging station can be used as interim storage for eco-power; however, when connected to the mains power grid, it becomes a permanent charging point.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The organizations collaborating with Electrify America on this initiative include Valley Clean Air Now (Valley CAN), Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE), Chinese Newcomers Service Center (CNSC), Self Help for the Elderly (SHE), Liberty Hill Foundation (LHF) and GRID Alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2023

NIO’s Power infrastructure in Europe will have its R&D hub in the Innovation Center too, with a focus on Power Grid Service, and it will also act as the operational control centre for all European Power Swap Stations. NIO’s user experience defined vehicles are much more than software-defined vehicles. Video-on-Demand.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Solar carports can fully power vehicles without a connection to the electric grid. Both technologies can serve as a power back-up for electric vehicles in the event of a power outage. Expand the use of other alternative fuels, including renewable diesel, a 99% petroleum-free alternative to traditional diesel fuel.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As more consumers purchase electric vehicles in the coming decades, a huge question is plaguing governments and the auto industry: Can the grid keep up with the dramatic increase in demand for electricity? Simply put, V2G allows energy to flow in both directions, both from the grid to the vehicle and from the vehicle to the grid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2021

The project will enable at least 44 buses in Ride On Montgomery County’s transit fleet to transition from diesel to electric, advancing the County’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2035, reducing lifetime emissions by more than 155,000 tons, while delivering resilience to climate events and power outages.

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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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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

I covered the local thriving EV scene here in the South Bay of Los Angeles connecting with the superstar pioneers like Kitty Adams, Dency Nelson, Jim Montgomery, Paul Scott, Linda Nichols, Zan Dubin Scott and so many others. But I was still stoked to exhibit the car at every LA area EV Expo, Earth Day Event and Plug-In spectacular.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

Electric vehicle customers typically plug in and charge their vehicles when they arrive home after work, but this early evening charge time is often when demand on the grid is highest and when electricity is the most expensive. —Steve Center, vice president, Connected and Environmental Business Development for American Honda Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Electrification, connectivity and creative design are key components of the technology solutions. This vision, which GM is proud to document in the Blue Paper, serves as a roadmap to the electrification, connectivity, creative design, and advanced innovation strategies that will lead the world to sustainable urban mobility by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Phase 1 of the program demonstrated the viability of creating grid value by optimizing smart charging of EVs. Building on the functionality tested in the first phase of the BMW ChargeForward initiative, the new phase will explore the ability to optimize charging events, whether the vehicle is charging at home or on the go.

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Setec Powerr

APRIL 2, 2024

To meet this demand, the Open Charge Alliance (OCA) developed an open-source protocol, the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP), becoming the key bridge connecting EVSE and cloud-based CSMS. encrypts data packets directly at the protocol level, eliminating the need for a VPN or any third-party to ensure a secure connection.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid. People, Power, and the Sun: Honnold Foundation x Adjuntas, Puerto Rico Although most microgrids today operate independently, one way to get the maximum benefit from them is to connect them, letting them share resources wherever and whenever possible.

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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. They may take up a lot of clean energy produced by solar panels during the day and return it to the grid at night. What is Bidirectional Charging?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Hydrokinetic energy is an abundant renewable resource that can boost grid resiliency and reduce infrastructure vulnerability, but it is currently a cost prohibitive option compared to other energy generating sources. The turbine will be designed for power delivery to remote and local grids. Emrgy, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2014

Partners in Germany’s UR:BAN research consortium recently gave a mid-term status report on the three major component projects in an event at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Braunschweig, Germany. At the midterm event, object detection was demonstrated along with free space or generic object detection using grids.

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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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Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2022

To date, plant operators have continued to respond to orders from Ukraine’s grid operator.) Factors cited to justify operation include the possibility that cooling the plant will make it easier for Russia to transfer its generation to its own grid, and the need for power exports to Europe that deliver revenue and political support.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The 55,000-seat stadium has hosted numerous high profile concerts and sporting events over the years. The Nissan/Eaton partnership offers xStorage Home, xStorage Buildings and xStorage Grid-scale products. With smartphone connectivity, it allows consumers to switch between energy sources at the touch of a button.

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