Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Relevant plug-in vehicles that drive customer demand and are connected; Enabling technologies like advanced batteries and sophisticated software controls; A capable/green grid; and, Plug-in ready communities with supporting policies. Source: EPRI. Source: EPRI. EPRI sees the charging infrastructure as a pyramid.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

The result will be the first data platform to employ the international ISO/IEC 15118 standard for flexibly managing vehicle charging with data from the power grid. Under this solicitation, funding was available for: Group 1: Smart and efficient charging for integrating plug-in electric vehicles into the power grid.

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Standards San Diego Grid Charging 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

PLC=Power Line Communications. The emerging smart grid system is characterized by three elements, Bellino noted: A sensor system to determine the current state of the grid; An intelligent power management system to determine and to communicate the desired state of the system to the smart loads; and. Source: GM. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2012

Wireless Charging enables the customer the ability to have “transparent” recharging of plug-in electric vehicle—EV, combustion engine (IC) PHEV, fuel cell (FC) PHEV—through a seamless connection to the EVSE charger and automated charging process. —Jesse Schneider, Chair SAE J2954. Source: J2954. Click to enlarge.

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Industrial Industry Standards Charging 240

Plugs and Cars

JULY 19, 2007

The basic question addressed, which appears on the study homepage (epri-reports.org) is this: How would air quality and greenhouse gas emissions be affected if significant numbers of Americans drove cars that were fueled by the power grid? I truly hope we have turned a corner.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

And the entire industry is facing up to the essential nature of charger interoperability: the idea that every car must connect with every charger, with zero hassle, just as internal-combustion cars can pull up to most any pump. That's about to change, beginning with a Tesla pilot project in the Netherlands. to achieve that goal.

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Charging Tesla America Plug-in 105

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Currently, there are two primary and parallel standardization efforts for vehicle to grid communications: a joint ISO/IEC working group and an EPRI/SAE effort. Maximum power. The European automakers and power companies started working on a charging strategy about 1.5 High power to allow fast charging in critical situations.

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Standards BMW Global Charging 256

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

J1772 will cover the physical interface, control, and data signals for the coupler, including a control pilot signal, which will: Verify that the vehicle is present and connected. J2894: Charging Power Quality. The Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) is also in alignment with the J1772 work, Kissel said earlier.

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2009 Standards Hybrid Fuel Economy 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Sion Power Corporation. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) from solar PV) to convert carbon dioxide into liquid alcohol fuels.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 26, 2007

headquarters, which will help the company reduce its environmental footprint and power its plug-ins with clean solar electricity. In addition, Google Inc. announced that it has switched on the solar panel installation at its Mountain View, Calif. RechargeIT brings together all of these elements to help accelerate progress on plug-ins.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

The electric sofas and scooters were so much cooler - and quieter - than the gasoline powered stinkers that predominate. Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. Feet, pedals and electric motors only will make for a much more pleasant and greener event. Google Guys Th!nk

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NiMH Google Prius EPRI 100

Green Cars News

AUGUST 24, 2009

The first of the specially equipped plug-in hybrids has been delivered to American Electric Power of Columbus, Ohio. when electricity rates are cheaper, or when the grid is using only renewable energy such as wind or solar power. “We Ford’s other utility partners’ vehicles will also be equipped with the communications technology.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Power and Associates 2004 report ]. Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The charging infrastructure area will be a difficult one for businesses, noted Mark Duvall, Director Electric Transportation, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), in his session. Tags: Batteries Market Background Plug-ins Policy Power Generation. There are a lot of very important decisions coming up in this space.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. And ride off into the sunset on electric power. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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