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

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In 2013, BMW and the University of San Diego installed a micro grid application with Battery 2nd Life MINI E batteries. In 2014, BMW integrated high-voltage batteries into a stationary storage system in Hamburg. NextEra will operate them in various industrial sized stationary electricity storage systems.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $5.5M for green transportation projects and $1.8M for 20 energy research projects

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $5,580,773 for clean-energy transportation projects including biodiesel production, power control electronics for medium-and heavy-duty battery electric vehicles, and buydowns for propane vehicles. Motiv Power Systems, Inc. Tour Engine, Inc. , C/e Solutions, Inc.

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Graphene 3D Lab showing prototype 3D printed battery; potential for structural batteries

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Shufflebox Productions, LLC on Vimeo. Researchers in Sweden are exploring the use of carbon fiber as an active electrode in a multifunctional structural Li-ion battery in an electric car; i.e., electrical storage is incorporated into the body of the car. A demonstration is in the video below. Click to enlarge.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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The site was built with maximum flexibility so that we could change things, swap out chargers, move things around and learn from the process of installing battery electric storage or putting solar on the site or what a megawatt charging unit would do under full power in partnership with the utility. What happens when we plug in 1.2-megawatt

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