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The system, one of the US’ largest, has been operating since 2012 with lead acid batteries. Duke Energy, the nation’s largest electric utility, currently owns nearly 15% of the grid-connected, battery-based energy storage capacity in the US, according to independent research firm IHS Energy.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

This type of technology will be essential in the connected era, when vehicles and mobility systems need to process large amounts of data in real-time. The test will collect and analyze location information from about 130,000 taxis and trucks in Thailand through cloud-based quantum computer devices developed by Canada-based D-Wave Systems Inc.

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MAY 10, 2012

Launched in September 2008 and ending in June 2012, this project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology and, on the French side, by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) and the automobile cluster Mov’eo. The predecessor projects were SeVeCom (2006 – 2009) and PRECIOSA (2008 – 2010).

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When the EV Connect Network was launched in 2012, it was a grind. Whether you run a chain of hotels, retail stores, or any other business with multiple sites, integrating branded EV charging stations can provide added value to your customers and serve as a unique selling proposition. Visit EV Connect to learn more.

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

The operational début of the new NH 2 is scheduled for summer 2012, on the La Bellotta farm in Venaria, near Turin, New Holland’s first Energy Independent Farm. Exploiting the dark anaerobic fermentation of biomass: a biological process generating a blend of gases that contains a significant proportion of hydrogen.

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JULY 11, 2012

The free moovel app is available in the Apple Store. A second pilot project is planned for the second half of 2012 in Berlin. In the app the various options for bus and rail connections in the VVS service area are shown, including travel time and price. A second pilot project is planned for the second half of 2012 in Berlin.

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DECEMBER 8, 2015

At the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris this week, Nissan announced the development of a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) system which will allow drivers to operate as individual energy hubs with the ability to store, use or return electricity to the grid. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 9, 2014

ERS is a modular, IGBT-based inverter system installed at the DC substation and connected in parallel with the existing diode rectifiers that can be scaled according to the customer’s needs. When used with batteries, ESS can also provide emergency power and generate revenues by participating in the local energy markets.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

In Germany, the mobility app moovel—available to download free of charge from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store—combines local public transport, the carsharing provider car2go, mytaxi, rental bicycles and Deutsche Bahn. Familonet was founded in 2012 by Hauke Windmüller, Michael Asshauer and David Nellessen.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

New and improved engines will be available on the entire Cruze line-up starting summer 2012. The new MyLink infotainment system is being introduced in higher trim levels in the Cruze line-up and in the Chevrolet Aveo as of summer 2012. The new station wagon is not planned for sale in North America. Chevrolet Cruze station wagon.

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JULY 13, 2011

The system, installed outdoors, connects to a home’s distribution panel and enables interactive coordination with a power company’s power supply system and a household’s electric devices, solar power systems and other equipment. This reduces both the demand on power companies as well as household electricity charges.

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with 1,097,618 cars sold worldwide in 2013, compared to 1,014,965 units in 2012. China registrations were up 50% in 2013 to 403,219 vehicles, up from 268,354 vehicles in 2012. The electric power-assisted steering has been retuned to make the driver feel even more connected to the road. increase from 2012.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

Volvo Car has enhanced its mobile app, Volvo On Call, with a new design, extra features and added vehicle connectivity. The app also enables users to connect with the plug-in diesel V60 Hybrid. Detailed data of each trip during the last 40 days can be downloaded and stored. New features include: Enhanced driving journal.

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MARCH 5, 2015

Using this equipment, a Nissan LEAF or e-NV200 owner can connect to charge at low-demand, and cheap tariff periods, with an option to then use the electricity stored in the vehicle’s battery at home when costs are higher, or even feed back to the grid with a net financial benefit.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Vehicle-To-Building” allows up to six Nissan LEAF EVs to be connected to a building’s power distribution board. Nissan plans to further test and refine the “Vehicle-To-Building” system, which is a development of the “LEAF-to-Home” system, introduced in May 2012. When electricity is cheaper it flows the other way. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The EMS coordinates with batteries used in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to use their stored electricity to help keep down electricity bills. Batteries used in electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles are frequently connected (when the vehicle is parked) and disconnected (when the vehicle is used) from the EMS.

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DECEMBER 25, 2009

Multiple units can be connected in series and/or parallel to store energy generated by home-use photovoltaic (PV) systems and fuel cells or power electric vehicles (EV). Ah cell will be mass-produced in fiscal 2012 ending in March 2012. Ah (FY 2012) 4.0Ah (FY 2013). Earlier post.). Panasonic 18650 Li-ion Cells.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 27, 2024

In 2012 Baofeng made waves with its UV-5R radio , upending the sleepy handheld-transceiver market. But Quansheng stores the K5’s firmware in flash memory and made it possible to rewrite that memory with the same USB programming cable used to assign frequencies to preset channels.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Those solutions store packets inside a FIFO before authentication, significantly increasing latency. CRATON samples will be made available to selected customers in December 2012. The AMBA protocol is an open standard, on-chip interconnect specification for the connection and management of functional blocks in a System-on-Chip (SoC).).

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

BMW will add further engines to the line-up in 2012, when the BMW ActiveHybrid 3 (using a powertrain similar to that of the ActiveHybrid 5, earlier post ) will also make its premiere. In spring 2012, BMW will launch three further engines for the series. Autumn 2012, finally, will see the launch of the BMW ActiveHybrid 3.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Along with Facebook, Twitter and so on, the “Digital DriveStyle App” developed by Daimler offers further services and content to suit the digital lifestyle and will be available to download free of charge from the Apple iTunes store. An intuitive Car Finder which automatically stores the vehicle’s location. Access to Siri.

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DECEMBER 30, 2022

A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. model has been lagging in accuracy behind Europe’s version, a problem that first became evident during Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Now, the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The traction motor features frameless construction to reduce overall weight, a waterproof design to withstand wet conditions and an easy-access connection cavity. The battery is 25% smaller and 50% lighter than traditional lead-acid batteries, enabling more energy to be stored in a smaller space.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

The ability to store large quantities of wind or solar energy via the dual electricity/gas principle could significantly foster the expansion of renewable energies, Audi suggests. Ground was broken in September 2012. Once the electrolysis units have been installed, the methanation reactor will be supplied and connected.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Endesa, Spain’s largest utility, has developed a prototype V2G (Vehicle to Grid) charger that enables electric vehicles to return stored power to the grid. The development of a sustainable transport policy is a cornerstone of Endesa’s 2008-2012 Strategic Sustainability Plan.

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JULY 29, 2014

Useable stored energy is 1.2MJ, with peak power of 120kW. The Mk4 eFES has a separate inverter so that the flywheel and inverter combination connect directly to the vehicle’s DC bus. million) grant from the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB), awarded in 2012. The motor is a three-phase permanent magnet motor.

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The findings of the report show that it is technically possible to absorb grid power fluctuations by connecting electric vehicles to the power supply. The vehicles could store excess electricity as well as put surplus energy back into the power grid. The supply of electrical power is undergoing a fundamental change.

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MARCH 4, 2010

The new system is expected to be in production vehicles by 2012. Hybrid-electric vehicles have significantly reduced the time the engine is on, which inhibits the ability to purge fuel vapor stored in the carbon canister. Optional temperature sensing can be added for additional system monitoring and control.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

The MEB will be the foundation for an entirely new generation of battery-electric vehicles designed not only to be electric and feature extended range, but to be connected, autonomous, open and priced for the volume market as required by Volkswagen’s positioning. The first production MEB vehicle, a version of the I.D.

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JULY 6, 2012

stored in their batteries back into the system (Vehicle-to-Grid, or V2G) or directly into the home or office (Vehicle-to-Home, or V2H). The sheer number of EV connection points that would need to. July 2012 Policy Brief: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles: Made for each other? enable EVs to be used as distributed storage devices.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

At the same Innovation Day 2012: Efficient Dynamics event at which it introduced its new EfficientDynamics engine family ( earlier post ), BMW also discussed its approach to Predictive Power Management as an element in its toolkit for fuel savings. Excess braking energy, if any, is recovered and stored in the battery.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

During the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Continental is demonstrating its AutoLinQ Connected Services Platform. The Company plans to begin demonstrating applications, via a new application store, to its automotive customers in the second half of 2010. This is up from a share of less than 2% of all smartphones sold in 2009.

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MARCH 21, 2013

Moj.io: pronounced (mo-jee-o) is cloud-connecting cars with a cellular device that lets apps on smart phones talk to virtually any car built after 1995. unlocks the data stored in a market of 290 million cars in the US and EU alone, growing 30M a year. Unlike factory embedded solutions that are only available in premium new cars, moj.io

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Beginning in spring 2012, the test fleet will be demonstrating the suitability of the sim TD system for everyday use under actual road conditions in and around the city of Frankfurt am Main. On the vehicle side, relevant systems such as certain data buses are connected to an in-vehicle communication platform, the “ITS Vehicle Station”.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid. With seating for five, the 2012 Prius Plug-in hybrid is expected to achieve a manufacturer-estimated 87 mpge (miles per gallon equivalent) in combined driving and 49 mpg in hybrid mode, or 2.7 As a result, driving performance for the 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid will be similar to the standard Prius.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Two recently opened projected in Germany, Dr Sames pointed out, have demonstrated how using hydrogen to store surplus energy was already a viable technology. In the current installation, the MCFC delivers power to a direct current (DC) link that is connected to the ship’s alternating current (AC) bus through power converters.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Pipelines are connected to many important natural gas shale plays including Eagle Ford, Marcellus, Utica, Haynesville, Fayetteville and Barnett. Liquids terminals have capacity of 107 million barrels and store refined petroleum products, ethanol and more. Second largest oil producer in Texas, producing more than 50,000 barrels per day.

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