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ClipperCreek and Silver Spring Join PGE and EPRI in EV Smart Charging Pilot

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a producer of plug-in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and partner Silver Spring Networks, a provider of smart grid solutions, are participating in a plug-in electric vehicle (EV) pilot program sponsored by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). ClipperCreek, Inc.,

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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In December 2010, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) revised its methodology and cost figures for technologies within specific applications. Pike fine-tuned its forecasts for Europe and Asia Pacific. The cost figures that Pike Research bases its forecast on have also changed. Balancing Li-ion capacity with market opportunities.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Amberjac Systems www.amberjacprojects.com United Kingdom-based company has provided conversions in Europe. EPRI-Daimler-Chrysler Plug-In Hybrid Development Program : Daimler-Chrysler, working with EPRI and others, has produced a small number of PHEV (15-passenger) Dodge Sprinter vans for fleet testing purposes.

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BMW, Daimler and VW Propose Global e-mobility Standardization on Vehicle2Grid Communication, Harmonization of Chargers

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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. US/Japan IEC 62-196-2 Type I Europe IEC 62-196-2 Type II. Most of Southern Europe is single phase at home, Oestreicher noted.). Vehicle communications. Maximum voltage.

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SAE Hybrid Standards Committee: Works In Progress For 2009

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The different approaches, Kissel had noted before the session, are based on the different electric infrastructures in place (single phase in the US and Japan, 3-phase in Europe). A separate standard is being developed for the European market by a consortium of utility operators and vehicle manufacturers, independent. of SAE efforts.

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There’s a Queue Coming for Tesla Charging, and That’s OK

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For its own customers, Teslas sold in Europe have already adopted the CCS plug standard , rather than Tesla's proprietary connector found in America and elsewhere. The report calls for adoption of the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP)—more common in Europe, beginning to gain traction in the U.S.—to to achieve that goal.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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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. There are also plans to conduct public-road tests of the TOYOTA Plug-in HV in the United States and in Europe. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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