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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project. This project serves the energy supplier Vattenfall as a power buffer for fast charging stations, aiding by storing solar power and helping to stabilize the electric grid.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation will receive $2 million to share costs in a US Department of Defense vehicle-to-grid demonstration project at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, in the western Mojave Desert region that includes parts of Kern, San Bernardino and Inyo counties. Garden City Sanitation, Inc.,

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

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We just had one that happened in Germany and [another] in the San Francisco Bay area. Charged : Do you see that as just something for fleets, heavy-duty vehicles, or could that have applications to passenger vehicles too? Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid.