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WiTricity Corporation, IHI Corporation, and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation partner to develop easily deployable wireless charging systems for PEVs

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WiTricity Corporation (WiTricity), IHI Corporation (IHI) and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will join forces to research and develop easily deployable electric vehicle (EV) wireless charging systems readily compatible with electric grids.

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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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Scott Keogh, President, Audi of America (Co-Chair); Dean Seavers, President, National Grid U.S. Chair: Melissa Lavinson, Vice President, Federal Affairs and Policy, Chief Sustainability Officer, PG&E Corporation. —Scott Keogh, president, Audi of America. ICT, Shared Mobility and Automation (e.g. Outreach and Implementation.

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Bank of America joins Stanford’s Global Climate & Energy Project

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Bank of America’s member on the GCEP management committee will be James Mahoney, the bank’s corporate communications and public policy executive. Ongoing interactions with the research organizations at GCEP’s corporate sponsors help sharpen the focus of the project’s fundamental science and engineering investigations.

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Why Sensors Are Key IoT Cybersecurity

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Consequences of poor cybersecurity A cyberattack can lead to financial penalties and legal issues if it renders a business or organization unable to fulfill its contractual obligations. An attack could harm the corporate brand and generate user mistrust of affected systems. Consider the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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USCAR helps to develop charging-readiness tools for plug-in & electric vehicles through US DRIVE

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The Grid Interaction Tech Team helped to identify and address roadblocks that would prevent successful commercialization of all types of plug-in electric vehicles. USCAR is a partner in US DRIVE, which stands for United States Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability.

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Two-way EV Charging – The Future of Electric Vehicle Power

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Two-way EV charging will reduce that even further- using EV batteries to power homes (vehicle-to-home V2H), buildings (vehicle-to-building V2B) or feed it back to the grid with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Driving V2G Adoption. For V2G to become ubiquitous, two things must occur: Policy & EV Charging infrastructure .

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Chrysler launches the 2011 GEM line

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New for the 2011 GEM model year is the energy monitoring system, which allows drivers to determine the total amount of energy in kilowatt-hours (kWh) that the GEM vehicle has removed from the grid. By using the trip meter, odometer switch in the vehicle, drivers can view the energy saving information right on the vehicle’s LCD screen.

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