Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 28, 2022
JERA, the largest power generation company in Japan, responsible for about 30% of Japan’s electricity, and Toyota Motor have built and deployed the first large-capacity “Sweep Energy Storage System”. The project plans to operate grid storage batteries for recharge and discharge operations, connected to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,
Plug In Partners
NOVEMBER 28, 2007
“This project will allow us to explore how PHEVs can become an integrated part of a ’smart house’ and our vision of the smart grid energy system of the future - one that allows customers and utilities to work together to balance the power grid, lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve our nation’s energy security.”
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." I think that our No.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Wont all these cars require us to build even more power plants? The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ]. Generally, theyll plug in at night.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
The MiEV runs on a lithium-ion battery pack that can be charged in seven or so hours on a 240-volt line. Today we could be using lead-acid EVs, lead-carbon-acid EVs, or nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion hybrids. The electricity for recharging has to come from somewhere, which means power plants.
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