Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The Smart Grid will employ real-time, two-way digital information and communication technologies in the operation of the nation’s electricity grid. Electric storage. Electric transportation. NIST is using ARRA (Recovery Act) funds to establish the panel by the end of 2009. Plug-in electric vehicles.

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Grid Plug-in Standards Plug 230

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2011

At the Department of Energy’s 2011 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs combined annual merit review being held this week in Washington, DC, researchers presented results of two ongoing studies exploring the costs of three classes of battery packs: LEESS (Lower-Energy Energy Storage Systems—i.e.,

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Plug-in Batteries Battery Plug 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Work on a research project developing an actively coupled ultracapacitor-battery system targeted at plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications is attracting interest from a variety of OEMs both at a component and a system level, according to Argonne’s Ted Bohn, in his presentation at the Department of Energy Merit Review this week.

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PHEV Li-ion Batteries Battery 247

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2009

In the companion working paper, the authors examined the potential economic implications of using plug-in vehicle batteries to store grid electricity generated at off-peak hours for off-vehicle use during peak hours. Tags: Batteries Plug-ins V2G. Test current profile used to simulate driving day for cells showing all trips.

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PHEV Li-ion Grid Lithium Ion 265

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2009

Volkswagen is involved in a number of newer partnerships related to lithium-ion batteries and electric drive units: In 2008, Volkswagen and Sanyo announced partnership to work on next-generation high-performance automotive electric storage systems based on lithium-ion technology. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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BYD Lithium Ion Li-ion Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2009

However, in a companion paper assessing the economics of V2G for consumers, they also concluded that the maximum annual profit for a PHEV owner to engage in V2G (~$10-$120) would likely prove insufficient to encourage use of the battery pack for grid electricity storage and later off-vehicle use. Tags: Batteries Plug-ins V2G.

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PHEV Li-ion Grid Lithium Ion 186