Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 6, 2009
BMW’s just held an event for the lessees of their Mini E at the Science Center, next to the University of Southern California, a really stellar venue when you consider the product they were showing. orders of magnitude faster than the 95 mph Mini E. This sleek, titanium marvel can travel at mach 3.2,
Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2016
BMW i has worked with universities, national laboratories, utilities and industry partners to maximize residential energy efficiency. In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2017
As part of the project “Norddeutsche Energiewende NEW 4.0”, Vattenfall, together with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) and the company Nordex, will implement a large battery storage at the future wind farm in Hamburg-Bergedorf. This is a so-called storage control unit made of batteries. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 15, 2013
Researchers at Chemnitz University also jointly developed with BMW special data logger for the vehicles and will conduct with each user a subjective assessment. A prerequisite for applying as a test driver for the research project is the ability to install at home or work a charging station.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2014
The results of the study, which also suggested that assistance systems could reduce the size of that buffer, were based on more than 400,000 km (249,000 miles) of user experience gathered in the research project “MINI E Berlin powered by Vattenfall”. During the field study a total of 79 users drove the MINI E for six months.
Green Car Congress
JULY 13, 2011
AC Propulsion has delivered an AC Propulsion-powered eBox to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where it will be used to evaluate Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operation as part of a research program. The University of Delaware (UD) has developed communication and control systems for V2G technology and has had good results on the US grid.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2011
The very first German-Chinese research project, a co-operative venture with Tongji University in Shanghai, saw the development of a purely electrically powered BMW 5 Series in the long wheelbase version. The worldwide MINI E fleet trial was extended to China at the beginning of the year, involving the sites of Beijing and Shenzhen.
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