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Volkswagen partners with Elia group to explore vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services

Electrek

Volkswagen says it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) Friday with Ellia Group to explore V2G technology and how it can potentially help stabilize the energy grid while rewarding EV drivers. The post Volkswagen partners with Elia group to explore vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services appeared first on Electrek.

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BMW Group plants stepping up activities in balancing-power market to contribute to grid stability

Green Car Congress

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant.

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Prysmian Group, $900M SOO Green HVDC Link Project Brings New Clean Energy Jobs to the US

EV Obssesion

Courtesy of SOO GREEN HVDC LINK PROJECT $900M SOO GREEN HVDC LINK PROJECT, A KEY MILESTONE IN BUILDING A US CLEAN ENERGY GRID Partnership brings new HVDC transmission cable manufacturing capacity & jobs to the US June 21, 2021 (Minneapolis – Milan) – SOO Green HVDC Link today announced the selection of Prysmian Group – […].

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Volkswagen launches PowerCo for global battery business; €20B investment; standard factories

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The Volkswagen Group broke ground for its first cell factory in Salzgitter; production will start in 2025. The Volkswagen Group is bundling its global battery activities in the European company (SE) PowerCo. Looking ahead, further products such as major storage systems for the energy grid are planned. Standard factory.

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IBM, Honda, and PG&E partner on smarter charging for EVs; utilities to communicate charging instructions directly based on grid conditions

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and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. This project will demonstrate and test an electric vehicle’s ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid condition and the vehicle’s battery state.

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Mercedes-Benz Energy, Beijing Electric Vehicle start development partnership on 2nd-life battery storage

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Daimler AG, with its wholly owned subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH, and Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., BJEV), a subsidiary of the BAIC Group, have entered into a development partnership to establish second-life energy storage systems in China in the future. Research into micro-grid energy storage is also planned.

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EV News for a hot EV summer

Electric Auto Association

EV sustainability Clean the air while driving A Dutch group develops an EV that captures carbon while in motion. Energy security and EVs go hand in hand. EVs and national security Duty calls EVs are increasingly seen as integral to the security of the national energy grid. has been in central and rural areas.