Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The concept announced at EVS29 is the first market-ready home storage system using a second-life automotive BMW i3 high-voltage battery integrated by BECK Automation (Würzburg, Germany).

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Energy Storage BMW Energy Batteries 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

The next three to four years will be critical for determining whether hydrogen vehicles are just a few years behind electric vehicles, rather than decades. ”. NextSTEPS is a four-year (2011-2014) multidisciplinary research consortium, part of the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

BMW i ChargeForward is designed to explore how to better match the impact of electric vehicles with other dynamic energy supply and demand sources. The study has two parts, a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners and a battery second life energy storage system.

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Grid BMW Las Vegas Charging 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The main potential applications are in electricity storage, transport and the recovery of waste heat. With Ricardo as a partner, DEC is tracking to deliver a test engine by end 2013 for testing and demonstration in Q1 2014. At 300 bar, air has a specific energy of 140 Wh/kg (0.5MJ/ kg). Compressed air vs. liquid air.

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