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Japan V2G demonstrator project using EVs as virtual power plant resource; METI funding

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Seven companies—Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.; Hitachi Systems Power Service, Ltd.; Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC); SHIZUOKA GAS Co., TEPCO); TEPCO Energy Partner, Inc.; and Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.—have

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ORNL demos 20 kW bi-directional wireless charging on UPS PHEV truck; 11" air gap, >92% efficiency

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ORNL’s wireless charging technology transferred power between the truck and a charging pad across the 11-inch gap using two electromagnetic coupling coils at the demonstration. The system transferred electricity from the power grid to the vehicle battery terminals at more than 92% efficiency.

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BMW launches BMW i ChargeForward pilot in SF Bay Area

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The BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), have launched an 18-month pilot of the BMW i ChargeForward Program in the San Francisco Bay Area. The study has two parts: (1) a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners; and (2) a battery second-life energy storage system.

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BMW i ChargeForward Program to demo contribution of intelligent EV charging to grid efficiency

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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). Grid efficiency through managed charging, combined with a used EV battery “second-life” system.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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NextEra will operate them in various industrial sized stationary electricity storage systems. BMW i 360° Electric. The battery storage system adds to BMW i 360° Electric, an array of lifestyle offerings designed to optimize convenience and sustainability of the e-mobility lifestyle for BMW i and iPerformance customers.

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UC Davis researchers suggest we may be at the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation

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Low-cost shale gas has improved the prospects for natural gas-derived hydrogen, especially in the United States, where it is a major force in the resurgence of federal interest in hydrogen energy. Global public support now totals about $1 billion per year, leveraging many times that amount in private funds. Transition issues.

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How Smart EV Charging Will Help Promote Renewable Power Generation

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To understand how important smart EV charging can be in helping even out peaks and troughs in the electrical grid it is useful to understand how electricity generation is changing. . Until recently most power stations relied on coal and gas to power generators. The EV as a mobile electricity storage device.