Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2022

The pilot will help EV customers align their charging needs to the time of day when it is most affordable, which can also help keep the region’s energy grid stay in balance. Managed EV Charging will make it easier for customers to switch to an EV.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

GM plans to become carbon-neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. The use of GM’s products accounts for 75% of carbon emissions related to this commitment. Renewable Energy. Electrification. Carbon Offsets and Credits.

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General Motors Carbon Emissions GM 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute, 8 automakers and 15 utilities are working to develop and to demonstrate an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with smart grid technologies enabling utilities to support PEV charging regardless of location. Automakers and V2G. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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EPRI Grid Plug-in Electric Vehicles 334

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

Honda and GM are jointly developing two large-sized EV models using GM’s Ultium batteries. In the area of mobility services (MaaS), Honda aims to introduce the Cruise Origin, an electric self-driving vehicle Honda is currently developing jointly with GM and Cruise, in the Japanese MaaS market in the mid-2020s.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

OnStar, a wholly owned subsidiary of GM, is inviting utilities, energy companies and tech firms to develop Smart Grid solutions using a set of proprietary OnStar application programming (APIs). The Smart Grid set of APIs is among the first to be offered outside of the company. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Grid Volt Charging Renewable 244

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

received its first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop, the technology startup from General Motors (GM) focused on decarbonizing last-mile delivery. The delivery comes just months after BrightDrop’s commercialization of the Zevo 600 as the fastest vehicle to market in GM’s history. FedEx Corp. Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. I sang the praises of the car and how GM stood behind it.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2013

GM’s OnStar announced a project with TimberRock Energy Solutions , Inc. that uses aggregation software and solar charging canopies with integrated storage to manage the flow of solar power to benefit the electric grid. It will be the first “real-world” use of OnStar’s Smart Grid solutions. Earlier post.). —Paul Pebbles.

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Solar Charging GM Grid 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The two companies are collaborating to determine how the Volt’s 16-kWh lithium-ion batteries can be used to provide stationary electric grid storage systems once the batteries have fulfilled their usefulness in customers’ vehicles. —Bazmi Husain, head of ABB’s smart grids initiative. Tags: Batteries Plug-ins Smart Grid.

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Volt GM Batteries Battery 240

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2015

megawatt solar array on its grounds, 6% of the facility’s electricity comes from renewable sources. Baltimore joins 70 achievers in GM, which is the global leader of the challenge. The greening of the General Motors Baltimore Operations complex included the addition of 580 kilowatts of solar to the roof of its e-Motor building.

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Baltimore Renewable Motor Motors 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2010

GM is holding a live webchat tomorrow, 30 April 2 p.m. EDT, with Christopher Borroni-Bird, GM’s Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts and co-author of the book Reinventing the Automobile: Personal Urban Mobility for the 21 st Century. Develop the Mobility Internet for sharing traffic and travel data.

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Automobile GM MIT Grid 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The convergence of a wide range of new technologies is leading to an unprecedented shift in what GM calls “the genetic makeup” of motor vehicles. GM has published a “blue paper” introducing its vision of sustainable urban mobility. —Kevin Wale, President and Managing Director of the GM China Group.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

GM estimates its new carbon-reduction goal equates to the emissions in 2011 from driving the 1.9 The initiative is based on projects that promote energy savings, renewable energy, responsible use of natural resources and conservation in communities across the United States. —Dan Akerson, GM CEO.

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Chevrolet Clean Cleaning Energy 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

TGC produces hydrogen along with synthetic natural gas and delivers it in its utility gas stream, with more than 5% hydrogen content today; it has the capability of producing more H 2 through its renewable biogas initiative. Charles Freese, executive director of GM Global Fuel Cell Activities. GM, which has invested more than $1.5

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Hawaii Hydrogen GM Gas 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. The day was split between a morning session at the GM tech center in Warren and an afternoon session at the GM proving grounds in Milford, MI. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

GM is using five used battery packs from Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric cars to help power the new General Motors Enterprise Data Center at the Milford Proving Ground. Together, these renewable sources generate approximately 100 MWh of energy annually, roughly equivalent to the energy used by 12 average households.

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Volt Chevrolet Building Power 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

With the high share of intermittent renewable energy in the Danish electricity mix, smart charging becomes increasingly important. ABB’s connected chargers are ready to be connected to any smart electricity distribution system or smart grid. —Hans Streng SVP, GM Product Group EV Charging Infrastructure.

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Driivz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In 2022, the focus for utilities will include expanding the grid so it will be ready to produce the power needed to charge the explosion of EVs on the road over the next decade. Estimates for how much more power we will need from the grid ranges from 25% to 50%. Local renewable energy and storage for EV charging.

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Industrial Industry Grid Charging 52

Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

This software facilitates installing new charging stations, managing charging sessions, regulating draw from the grid, handling different billing scenarios and processing payment for charging, and most importantly, ensuring a seamless user experience for EV drivers regardless of locale or currency.

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Charging Grid DC Industrial 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

In the paper, the GM team broke down CO 2 and fuel consumption reduction potentials into several categories: The introduction of E-REVs and PHEVs to existing grids, displacing petroleum use; The influence of charging availability and consumer behavior on CO 2 reduction; Changes in power grid mix as well as vehicle stock; and.

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PHEV CO2 Hybrid Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

No other power technology can offer the high reliability, unlimited scalability, and renewable energy benefits without costly utility dependency like the fuel cell can. The high reliability, low emission rates, low noise levels and dramatically reduced footprint make fuel cells a suitable choice for micro-grids within data centers.

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Fuel Hydrogen Mercedes Wind 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2010

The awards in this tranche focus on power electronics, grid-scale energy storage, and building efficiency; of the 43, three are categorized specifically for the automotive market—power electronics projects led by HRL Laboratories, LLC; Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.; and Case Western Reserve University. billion per year.

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Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 2, 2022

I even got him to buy a Tesla,” said Martinson, explaining that Hirt was an advisor and co-producer of the ARP film, Nation in Transition , an examination of the coal-to-renewables transition on the Navajo Nation and across northern Arizona. Martinson’s GM EV1. Paul Hirt, became a close friend.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

Despite the current enthusiasm for electric vehicles (EVs), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) will be an important component of the vehicle mix in 2050, according to panelists from Nissan, Toyota and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in a conference session at the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit. Justin Ward.

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Hydrogen Fuel Vehicles Toyota 210

Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

Aqua Metals has pioneered a new electro-hydrometallurgy process that uses renewable electricity and recycles the chemicals used. We take that black mass as the input to our process, which is then powered by 100% renewable, carbon-free energy. We use renewable electricity to plate high-purity metals, which is much more efficient.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

EV Engineering Limited comprises major automotive components suppliers Air International, Bosch, Continental and Futuris and electric vehicle infrastructure and services provider Better Place with the support of Holden (a GM operation) and Australia’s CSIRO. plug-in and battery switching infrastructure.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.

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Plug-in Standards GM Plug 39

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Coulomb’s project includes the deployment of electric vehicles, including 2,000 GM Volt, 200 Ford Transit Connect, 100 Ford Focus EV, and 100 Smart EV vehicles, as well as establishing 4,600 EV charging locations nationwide. Additionally, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is joining with Google Inc.

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Installation Los Angeles San Francisco Google 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

There is significant potential for improvement in agriculture, particularly given the historic advances made with genetic modification (GM) of crops to obtain desired characteristics, increase yield and reduce harvesting and processing costs. Biojet (renewable hydrocarbon fuels for aviation). Vehicle-to-grid (V2G).

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Transportation Supplies Emissions Fuel 262

Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

Aqua Metals has pioneered a new electro-hydrometallurgy process that uses renewable electricity and recycles the chemicals used. We take that black mass as the input to our process, which is then powered by 100% renewable, carbon-free energy. We use renewable electricity to plate high-purity metals, which is much more efficient.

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Building Batteries Battery Charging 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

GM and ABB partnered to produce a prototype back-up power storage unit that repackages five used Volt batteries into a modular unit that becomes an uninterruptible power supply and grid power balancing system. GM’s battery development extends throughout the entire life of the battery, including secondary use. Click to enlarge.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 6, 2006

He could have been an advocate for creating that renewable power and putting it into cars. The end game is the cleanest, most renewable power possible for everything. Realistically, the only way we get renewable power into millions of cars is with grid electricity. Will Toyota let GM be first to market with a plug-in?

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San Francisco GM Renewable Detroit 100

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

While OEMs and utilities continue to define and refine hardware standards and communication protocols for smart charging, a tremendous amount of work needs to be done in preparing both the grid and the process to accommodate the expected influx of plug-ins, and to make the process as easy as possible for consumers.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

GM may be in bankruptcy but remains unwavering in its commitment to have the Volt in some showrooms by November 2010. GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. million FedEx will get to replace grid-connected zero emission battery forklifts with fuel cell forklifts. But their dreams haven’t yet been sunk. Such as the $1.1

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 27, 2006

See "GM's Plug-In Hybrid.") Meanwhile, researchers are beginning to anticipate benefits from plug-ins beyond gasoline conservation: millions of plug-in vehicles could serve as massive energy storage to stabilize the electric grid and make renewable energy sources more feasible.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Representatives of GM stoked the clamor for the Volt, and a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid sat on the show floor.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

If everyone could hear Ed talk about the smart grid and how plug-in cars make it possible to inventory electricity then we’d already be building that grid today. You’d think the batteries couldn’t even get you out of the driveway the way Rick Wagoner at GM keeps making excuses and dragging his feet.

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