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Australian EVs could earn $12,000 in a single year with vehicle-to-grid tech

The Driven EV News

ARENA study on vehicle-to-grid technology reveals some astonishing financial benefits that could rapidly accelerate the rollout of the technology. The post Australian EVs could earn $12,000 in a single year with vehicle-to-grid tech appeared first on The Driven.

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Weather intelligence and cutting-edge tech is boosting grid capacity by 30%

Electrek

Power grid optimizer Heimdall Power paired up with weather intelligence tech company Meteomatics – and a 30% increase in power grids’ transmission capacity resulted. more… The post Weather intelligence and cutting-edge tech is boosting grid capacity by 30% appeared first on Electrek.

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Toyota and DOE look at how hydrogen fuel-cell tech could help smooth the grid

Green Car Reports

Department of Energy and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to provide a new proof point for hydrogen fuel-cell tech—in a megawatt-scale, multitasking power-generation package that might potentially be used for renewable energy storage and smoothing the grid.

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California considers electric-car V2G charging tech for grid stability

Green Car Reports

The idea of using coordinated electric-car charging to stabilize the grid has been discussed for years, but is still in early stages of development. California regulators now hope to bring so-called "vehicle-to-grid" (V2G) technology into focus.

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V2G tech takes next step in Australia with Nissan Leaf making money from the grid

EV Central

Vehicle-to-grid EV charging technology has arrived in Australia – or, at least, one small part of it. A Nissan Leaf owned by Barossa winemaker Joseph Evans has become the first car to be connected to the electricity grid in South Australia. Nissan Leaf being used for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging.

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BMW, Ford, Honda ally for tech enabling EVs to support the grid

Green Car Reports

BMW, Ford, and Honda on Tuesday announced a new company focusing on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) EV charging, which the partners claim will benefit both EV owners and electric utilities. Called ChargeScape, the company aims to start operations in 2024, pending regulatory approval. Its main focus will be connecting EV owners in the U.S.

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Sunverge & Eaton Collaborating To Improve The Grid & V2X Tech

CleanTechnica EVs

One of the big things anti-EV FUDsters like to say is that the electrical grid can’t handle EVs. They’d have us believe that the grid is already on the verge […] They know that ICE vehicles use a lot of energy to move, and that providing that much electricity must be a sure recipe for disaster.

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