Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). million award to increase its previously awarded funding of $1,394,298 for the university’s microgrid.

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Energy Storage San Diego California Energy 231

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APRIL 30, 2018

The projects will help advance DOE’s research on batteries and electrification aimed at reducing battery pack cost to less than $100 per kilowatt-hour, increasing range to more than 300 miles, and charging in under 15 minutes or less by 2028. Pennsylvania State University. University of Michigan. University of Tennessee.

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Charging Batteries Battery San Diego 170

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Two awards approved today will expand plug-in electric vehicle (EV) charging options in the San Diego area. will receive $499,512 for the installation of 138 dual Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations, and 68 home charging stations at multi-family residences within the city of San Diego.

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San Diego California Transportation Clean 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

A new report from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reviews the major advantages and disadvantages associated with battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Among their findings: A note on fuel pricing and cost per mile. kWh (EPA is now using $0.13 kWh to $0.46/kWh

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San Diego Fuel District of Columbia Gasoline-Electric 150

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MARCH 25, 2011

Helly, director of the Laboratory for Environmental and Earth Sciences with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

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San Diego Carbon Climate Global 199

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AUGUST 22, 2016

To find out what vehicles on the road are currently emitting, Drozd and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley; Carnegie Mellon University; the University of California, San Diego; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology rented 25 gasoline-powered cars, including two hybrids, from residents in the Los Angeles area.

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Gasoline Emissions San Diego Los Angeles 150

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AUGUST 12, 2009

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. San Diego is one of the regions covered in the $99.8-million Equivalent miles per gallon. million eTec/Nissan charging and EV rollout. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Held on university campuses across the United States, the experience also helps them stand out in an increasingly competitive college-acceptance environment. The first of two sessions held at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the new camp locations, sold out well before the enrollment deadline.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more.

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Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions 140

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a $10-million competition to inspire a new generation of vehicles capable of achieving 100 MPGe (miles per gallon or its energy equivalent), concluded its Knockout Qualifying Stage. Aptera, Aptera 2e (San Diego, CA) Battery Electric. Amp, amp’d Sky(Cincinnati, OH) Battery Electric.

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JULY 16, 2009

SDG&E is a regulated public utility that services San Diego and southern Orange counties. billion a year at today’s average gasoline price of $3 per gallon when compared to 15 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity for 14,400 miles driven annually. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

The idea, says Daniel Codd , a researcher in renewable energy systems at the University of California, San Diego, is to store solar-produced heat in rock formations below the surface, creating a solar-charged geothermal resource in which heat is stored for meaningful durations.

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Oil Solar Convert Molten Salt 121

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2014

The prototype has consistently delivered a driving range of about 300 miles (~500 km), zero-to-sixty acceleration of about 10 seconds, with no emissions other than water vapor. In those 11 years—and more than a million miles—it has significantly reduced the cost of building a fuel cell powertrain. —Bob Carter.

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2015 Hydrogen Toyota Fuel 332

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

Now, a study conducted by the University of California Berkeley’s Transportation Sustainability Research Center (TSRC) concludes that car2go’s carsharing model can complement existing mass transit options; reduces the overall number of vehicles on the road; and ultimately improves mobility in densely-populated urban areas.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) contracted with the Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions at West Virginia University to conduct in-use testing of three light-duty diesel vehicles (two 2.0L diesels and one 3.0L diesel) over pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions.

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Diesel Light Emissions Los Angeles 230

Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

I think we have 22 or 24 buses in the San Diego area, and we have another deployment underway in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where we are initially deploying 24 as well. Gregory Poilasne: We have an AC charging station that we rolled out that came from our relationship with the University of Delaware.

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Charging Grid DC Denmark 133

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Nuvve Corporation, a San Diego-based vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology company, is participating in a program to deliver resource adequacy to local utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and California’s electrical grid using a large stationary battery located on the University of California San Diego’s (UC San Diego’s) campus microgrid.

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Grid San Diego Market Energy 334

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MARCH 3, 2019

A researcher at the University of San Diego has used energy meter-level data from the San Diego region to analyze the energy load profiles of residential customers under the time-of-use (TOU) rate with and without EV charging requirements. Kim (2019). —Kim (2019).

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Grid San Diego Charging 2019 236

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. A 350 kW charging system could charge a 200-mile range battery in less than 10 minutes. Binghamton University (State University of New York).

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Obama Charging Financing DC 150

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 31, 2023

Self-driving cars has been a focus of Uber for the last half of the decade with the company racking up about 80,000 autonomous miles a week as it strives to bring driverless cars into the mix. as well as 600 universities throughout the country. Zipcar Zipcar bills itself as the world’s largest car sharing service.

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Cars Fleet Los Angeles Houston 99

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JULY 11, 2018

Following a pilot program at University of California San Diego (UCSD), this second-life battery system has been unveiled at an operational EVgo fast charging station located in Union City, CA at 3960 Smith Street.

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Grid Charging Batteries Battery 240

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer. The fleets include two utility fleets, five cities and towns, three counties, ten private companies, two state fleets, ten school districts, and two universities. Total DOE award: $14,970,144.

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Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236

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MAY 12, 2017

The study, by a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Georgia, Aerodyne Research, California Air Resources Board (ARB), Ohio State University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Fleet Engine Global Fuel Economy 207

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

They use 208-240 volt power and typically provide 10 to 20 miles of range for each hour of charging. Level 1 charging systems use 110 volt power and typically provide 2 to 5 miles of range for each hour of charging. DC fast-charging systems typically provide 60 to 80 miles of range in 20 minutes of charging.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Development of a Dedicated, High-Value Biofuels Crop The University of Massachusetts, Amherst will develop an.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

EVA Annual Meeting draws a crowd Chris Anthony speaks at Annual Meeting Electric Vehicle Association members from all over the US participated in the organization’s 2023 Annual Meeting in the San Diego area last month. Just as notably, the chapter also produces trainings for first responders.

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New Jersey North Carolina Electric Electrical 75

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Headquarters: Phoenix, AZ Manufacturing: Phoenix, AZ and Northern California Deployment: Portland, Salem, Eugene and Corvallis, OR; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, TN. Technology.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Cornell ] Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed soft devices containing algae that glow in the dark when experiencing mechanical stress, such as being squished, stretched, twisted or bent. UCSD ] Thanks, Liezel! Skydio drones will do an excellent job of keeping you in frame, whatever happens.

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San Diego Los Angeles Environment New Zealand 91

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

at FAA’s National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research ( NEXTOR ) at the University of California, Berkeley, to evaluate an airline’s fuel efficiency relative to both the mobility (straight-line passenger miles between origin and destination) and access (airports served and/or flight frequency) it provides.

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2010 Alaska Fuel Miles 246

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Dr. Paul Miles, a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories and co-chair of SAE powertrain activities, approves of this method Achates Power employs to determine engine performance, fuel consumption and emissions characteristics. —Paul Miles. Brake thermal efficiency of 45.1% —David Foster.

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Engine San Diego Power Powered 257

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

In addition, $150,000 is slated to supply and install four wireless-enabled Level 2 electric vehicle charging stations in San Diego; two at YMCA locations and two at apartment buildings. They use 208-240 volt power and typically provide 10 to 20 miles of range for each hour of charging for a passenger vehicle.

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Alternative Fuels California Fuel Energy 199

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

20 + pounds added) after some 17,000 HEV/PHEV miles on the tusch. Setting up Fundraising, Media, Lodging, Webblogging, and other Subcommittees for the Grand "Second Half" Finale from San Francisco Bay Area to Home Sweet Capitol Mall on Earth Day. See also 11 October email exchange below. The "RVJerry" Rationale: 1. brainstorming] 4.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2009 : Testifying at a public hearing conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stanford University professor Mark Jacobsen urged the EPA to incorporate black carbon into calculations of greenhouse gases. Earlier post.)

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Smartville currently has a pilot project up and running at the University of California San Diego. Some people are driving old Nissans down to only 40 miles of range, and we have those batteries at our factory as well. Some came right off the factory floor and got into accidents. Antoni Tong: Right.

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Energy Storage Batteries Battery Energy 87

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2019

Greenhouse gas emissions were examined for 17 nonstop flights with round-trip distances ranging from 131 miles to 19,040 miles. airline (San Francisco to Santa Rosa); the longest flight within the continental United States (Seattle to Miami); and the longest flight in the world (New York to Singapore). pounds per passenger mile.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers. Pricing from $8-15,000 for installed low-speed EV range of 8-24 miles.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Nickel Metal Hydride 41

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Tran, whose estimates of linked deaths was higher than previous estimates, does have a doctorate in statistics, but from Thornhill University, a distance learning school. On the other hand, the fewer vehicle miles traveled reduces emissions. Tran had falsely claimed a doctorate in statistics from UC Davis. Source: ARB.

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Emissions California Diesel Davis 186