Green Car Congress
AUGUST 18, 2009
Ford Motor Company has developed an intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications and control system for its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that communicates directly with the electric grid. All 21 of Ford’s fleet of plug-in hybrid Escapes eventually will be equipped with the vehicle-to-grid communications technology.
Cars That Think
JUNE 24, 2023
We and our colleagues at Astrobotic , a small Pittsburgh-based business founded in 2007, are on a mission to make space accessible to the world. This grid is designed to deliver power where it’s needed via a fleet of robotic rovers. What the stations cannot do for themselves is distribute power to locations separated from this grid.
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2010
The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. NZN can integrate with the centralized grid. batteries); the creation of grid-enabled consumer-side energy generation appliances; and a robust set of standards and protocols.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 22, 2020
The new standard, SAE J2954 , helps pave the way for charging without the need for plugging in—widely considered to be a key enabler for accelerating the adoption of EVs and autonomous vehicles. The technology is a safe and efficient method for transferring power from the AC grid supply to the electric vehicle. SAE J2954).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 20, 2010
The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued an initial list of standards, a preliminary cyber security strategy, and other elements of a framework to support transforming the nation’s aging electric power system into an interoperable Smart Grid. Plug-in vehicles. Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
This study builds on the 2007 Environmental Assessment of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles by EPRI and NRDC ( earlier post ), which showed that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could contribute to reductions in national greenhouse gas emissions, while also leading to improved air quality.
Creative Greenius
APRIL 25, 2021
I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. The 2007 EV Parade in Santa Monica with State Senator Fran Pavley. But I was still stoked to exhibit the car at every LA area EV Expo, Earth Day Event and Plug-In spectacular. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009.
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