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GMs Approach to Integrating Smart Plug-ins to the Smart Grid Leverages Emerging Standards and OnStar

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GM is embracing the use of communications standards that operate with optional data transports to enable smart charging and integration with the emerging smart grid. A network of smart loads with communications to report their current state and act on smart grid commands. EVSE=Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. Source: GM. Source: GM.

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Waterloo power management strategy greatly enhances durability of on-board fuel cells in FC-PHEV

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Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada), with a colleague in Sweden, have used a power management strategy greatly to extend the durability of onboard fuel cells in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle: an increase of 1.8, times, respectively, for an urban, highway and a combined urban-highway driving cycle. The future is very bright.

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Opel bringing Ampera with special nav system and Meriva EVs to iZEUS project on intelligent electric driving and recharging

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Opel has presented a specially-equipped Ampera extended range electric vehicle to the Technical Institute Karlsruhe (KIT), marking the beginning of a field trial in the research project iZEUS (intelligent Zero Emission Urban System) in Stuttgart. Connected vehicles Electric (Battery) Smart charging Smart Grid' iZEUS Ampera.

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California Hydrogen Business Council says a robust P2G RD&D program should be a priority for the state

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The hydrogen can then be transported through the natural gas grid via blending or further conversion to methane, transported by other means such as trucks, or used directly at the point of production. the natural gas grid—making P2G an excellent candidate for long-duration storage applications. Power-to-Gas concept.

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Li Auto to build charging stations at 'NIO pace', report says

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All of Li Auto's current models are extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs), which are essentially plug-in hybrids. The reason for these aggressive moves is that there are limited site resources suitable for building such facilities.

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Green and Connected: CAR White Paper Explores Interaction of Vehicle Communications and Electrification of Powertrains

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The grid-enable vehicle could become the communication focal point for a fully integrated energy system, the report suggests, with the vehicle integrating electric power generation and grid, homes, and the transportation infrastructure. The initial grid-enabled model. The integrated energy transportation efficiency model.

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In the next ten years, Europe will need 65 million charging piles

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Serge Colle, EY’s global head of energy and resources, said that by 2030, about 500,000 new units will need to be built each year, and by 2030 to 2035, an average of 1 million will need to be built each year.

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