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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

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I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. As a former top corporate subject matter expert, I took a very deep made myself a environmental resource for others in my reincarnation as The Creative Greenius and author of this blog. Debra Bushweit Galliani in 2013 with our first electric car.

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City of Montreal signs a framework agreement for the purchase of Nissan LEAF EVs for municipal fleet

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This agreement reflects the commitment of our Administration to develop the electric vehicle sector. The purchase of electric vehicles is a step towards achieving our goal of 30% reduction by 2020 of greenhouse gas emissions, compared to 1990. Montreal will host EVS29 from 19-22 June 2016.

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Toshiba delivers two SCiB Li-ion grid energy storage systems

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Toshiba Corporation has delivered battery energy storage systems integrating the company’s SCiB Li-ion battery ( earlier post ) to Kyushu Electric Power Co., The demonstration program will run for three years to fiscal 2016. Gruppo ACEA), one Italy’s leading public utilities, and in Japan an order from Tohoku Electric Power Co.,

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NGK Spark Plug & HAKUTO-R to test solid-state lithium battery technology on the moon in 2021

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announced that NGK Spark Plug has agreed to participate as a corporate partner of the world’s first commercial lunar exploration program “ HAKUTO – R ”. In 2016, NTK researchers reported on their development of all-solid-state lithium batteries using a lithium oxide solid electrolyte ceramics layer (Li 1.5

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Honda adding 120 EV chargers to Torrance Campus; 50kW DC fast charger adjacent to campus

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In an effort to increase the use of alternative fuel vehicles by its associates for daily commuting, and to prepare for a new generation of plug-in vehicles set to arrive by 2018, Honda is adding 120 new electric vehicle (EV) chargers on the Torrance, CA headquarter campus of American Honda Motor Co., The new chargers (Level 2 SAE J1772 6.6

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TransAlta to use Tesla stationary batteries in Alberta’s first large-scale commercial energy storage project

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TransAlta Corporation has been awarded $250,000 from Alberta Innovates - Energy & Environment Solutions (AI-EES) to help launch Alberta’s first large-scale commercial energy storage project. The project should be running in late-2016. AI-EES received more than 50 proposals.

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Kokam deploys new 24MW and 16MW Lithium NMC energy storage systems for frequency regulation

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Kokam has successfully deployed two Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide Energy Storage Systems (ESSs)—a 24-megawatt (MW) system / 9-megawatt hour (MWh) and a 16 MW / 6 MWh system—for frequency regulation on the South Korean electricity grid.