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Nissan and Enel to launch major V2G trial in the UK; LEAF and e-NV200

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Nissan and multinational power company Enel will launch the first major vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial carried out in the UK. By giving Nissan electric vehicle owners the ability to plug their vehicles into the V2G system, owners will have the flexibility and power to sell stored energy from their vehicle battery back to the National Grid.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. in emissions from on-road vehicles. —Adam Fowler.

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CMU study finds controlled EV charging can reduce generation cost, but at greater health and environmental costs depending upon the generation mix

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Unlike earlier studies, the CMU team combined detailed modeling of the operating constraints of the electric grid with an estimate of the environmental and health damages from the additional emission due to vehicle charging, in addition to evaluating the change in operating costs. Allison Weis, Jeremy J.

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Governor George Pataki Calls for 40% Penetration of Electric Drive Vehicles in US by End of Decade

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We need an interactive grid to make this work. We have to change the regulatory requirements to recognize the investments in the smart grid that have to be made. Right now we are operating with a grid that was not adequate at middle of the last century. Gasoline is too cheap. The challenge is demand creation.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.) Silicon based PV, on the other hand, is hugely scalable and relatively cheap. Click to enlarge.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. Why not simply use the electricity directly to charge electric cars via the already available distribution network – the electricity grid? 2015, p127) [1]. . 2015) The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future. 2020) [11].

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

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Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid. We were a startup company, and we sold our technology to STMicroelectronics, who produced it cheap. By 2015, it became apparent to us that the electrification of transportation would explode. It’s a must. Oleg: Absolutely.