Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

The existing grid infrastructure sometimes proves inadequate to support faster charging. The new system being developed by FAST Charge consists of an energy storage system, using large-format lithium-ion batteries, along with multiple outlet charging units that can be charge several EVs at once.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. 50% clean power target.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

EVgo has integrated second-life BMW i3 batteries to store energy from the grid generated during peak solar hours and later use that stored energy to fast-charge EVgo customers during periods of high demand. —Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

DOE will use federal loan and loan guarantee authorities to strategically support a range of clean energy and advanced vehicle technologies. DOE also will work with other agencies in addition to state and local governments to use existing authorities to remove barriers to increased financing for clean energy deployment.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Enable smart charging and vehicle grid integration through solutions such as demand response, and other energy storage and load management strategies. National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO). National Grid. Puget Sound Energy. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. Kansas City Power & Light.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2017

New York City’s first order will be for at least thirty EV ARC units in 2017, making it the largest single order of EV ARC products in the company’s history. It generates enough clean, solar electricity to power up to 225 miles of EV driving each day. The contract has a posted initial value of $3.8

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Speaking to 9 leading influencers and experts, these are the technologies they think will reshape the EV market for years to come: Bidirectional charging: facilitating the transition to more EVs & clean energy whilst redefining what an EV can do. In the end, it’s a win-win for the planet, the grid and the consumer.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

As EVs are powered by energy, driving them is more environmentally friendly than using gas cars. Of course, it’s just as important that the energy used to power EVs comes from a clean source itself. As energy production from renewable sources typically varies by day or season, EVs offer another advantage.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Lithium-ion battery recycling took a big step forward this week, as a Hawaiian utility announced it is undertaking one of the biggest examples of grid-storage recycling in North America to date. As such, it sets the stage for an expected rise in stationary battery storage recycling in the future.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea.

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