Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

During a keynote speech to the Transportation Research Board annual meeting Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy questioned the safety impact of electric vehicles. The battery pack alone weighs over 2,900 pounds—about the weight of a Honda Civic. Electrifying vehicles adds yet more weight.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Analysts at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) have reviewed recent research into the greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. They note that the the impacts of battery production on electric vehicles’ overall emissions is “an especially complex topic”.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2022

million in Series A funds to build autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles that move freight. Parallel’s competitive edge is our autonomous battery-electric rail vehicles, which are designed to move freight cleaner, faster, safer and more cost effectively than traditional trains or trucks.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2022

As the number of electric vehicles on the world’s roads explodes, electric utilities are grappling with increasing demand while simultaneously having to stabilize their grids where more intermittent renewable-energy sources like wind and solar are coming online. That’s the promise of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

The results show there is no realistic pathway to full decarbonization of internal combustion engine vehicles, and that only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways. This study uses recent data on industrial-scale battery production and considers regional battery supply chains.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

The BMW Group and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced an expanded partnership that further leverages renewable energy to sustainably power electric vehicles (EVs). A smart-charging plugin hybrid can integrate more renewable energy than a normal-charging all-battery electric vehicle, despite the smaller battery size.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

Rapidly declining battery costs, low-cost electricity, and federal purchase incentives mean these vehicles will be cheaper to own and operate than diesel trucks before the end of this decade. This equates to around 1% of the total national electricity retail sales in 2021. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

The UK Government has published an Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan. We want to make smart charging an easier choice for drivers of electric vehicles, whether that is charging on the driveway, at the workplace, or parked on the street. —Energy and Climate Minister Graham Stuart.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. —Allan Ray Restauro, metals and mining analyst at BNEF and lead author.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Following the Transatlantic Economic Council’s decision to promote electric vehicles and smart grid interoperability, on 29 October the European Commission inaugurated the European Interoperability Centre, a laboratory operated by the JRC. This is an important step towards creating “a single language” for all components.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

When work is being done off the grid in remote locations, it can be hard to keep construction equipment fueled up – regardless of whether that fuel is liquid or electric. The resulting heat is converted into electric energy and stored in a connected Battery Storage Module, or BSM. Enter: the BioCharger.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

California’s grid is facing an era of rapid change. These innovations are all key elements in California’s efforts to transition to clean, renewable energy that is both reliable and affordable. Electric Vehicles. California currently has about 369,000 plug-in electric passenger vehicles (PEVs). In order to reach Gov.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Preferred resources are methods of delivering electricity that are cleaner, or more environmentally sustainable, than traditional resources. Once deployed, the systems will provide a number of services to SCE’s power grid, including ensuring adequate available electrical capacity to meet peak demand. Resource type.

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Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2022

When Tesla unveiled the Megapack, the company positioned it as a battery that had the potential to render traditional coal and gas-fired peaker plants obsolete. Being grid-scale batteries, Megapacks could perform tasks that are typically assigned to peaker plants. The Tesla-powered Elkhorn Battery in Moss Landing is a 182.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Supported projects range from consumer rebates for clean cars to incentives for cleaner trucks, and mobility options. CARB uses those funds to accelerate development and early commercial deployment of the cleanest vehicle technologies and to improve access to clean transportation for all Californians. Over half of the $1.5

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries?

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Electrical cars (EVs) are turning into more and more frequent as the sector transitions in opposition to sustainable transportation. Time the adoption of EVs brings diverse environmental advantages, it additionally raises questions on what occurs to their batteries when they achieve the tip in their helpful lifestyles within the automobile.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2012

The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO), California’s non-profit grid operator, released its new five-year (2012-2016) strategic plan. Between now and 2020, wind and solar generation will quadruple within the ISO transmission grid at the same time electric vehicle charging increases significantly.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. billion EV battery plant —that’s GM’s and LG Chem’s new mega-gigafactory in Lordstown, Ohio.

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Driivz

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Public and private fleet owners are under increasing environmental and government pressure to reduce carbon emissions by switching to electric vehicles (EVs). EVs of all classes offer fleet owners significant advantages over internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. All these costs must be factored into achieving TCO targets.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Nissan’s UK-based European R&D facility, Nissan Technical Centre Europe (NTCE) has become the first Nissan entity in the company’s network of European facilities to install vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Earlier post.).

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 28, 2021

DOE announces $209 million for electric vehicles battery research . Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $209 million in funding for 26 new laboratory projects focusing on electric vehicles, advanced batteries and connected vehicles. Granholm. “By Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY). “I Senator Alex Padilla (CA).

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The new wave set off by electric vehicles has not only not receded amidst skepticism, but more and more new technologies and new thinking based on pure electric cars are driving the pace of innovation. With the help of the electric car, we can drink tea whenever and wherever we want.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Ridesourcing vehicles’ high use intensity is economically attractive for electric vehicles, which typically have lower operating costs and higher capital costs than conventional vehicles. —Bruchon et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

Researchers at MIT and the Ford Motor Company have found that depending on the location, lightweight conventional vehicles could have a lower lifecycle greenhouse gas impact than electric vehicles, at least in the near term. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. —Wu et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The collaboration aims to power EVs in California with clean energy, and generate cleaner air in the state by leveraging the latest biodigester technology to create renewable energy by capturing methane from manure to feed back into the power grid. Ross Buckenham, CEO of CalBio.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Toyota is also developing a dedicated BEV platform, e-TNGA, that offers flexibility for all drive configurations. At every price point and with multiple powertrains, we can put more people in cleaner automobiles across North America to have the greatest near-term impact on total carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The plan as outlined also calls for further work on advanced biofuels, advanced batteries and fuel cell technologies in every transportation mode. The plan also calls for accelerating the permitting for renewable power generation on public lands and upgrading the grid. Earlier post.). Other efforts will include: Natural Gas.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

The goal of the Accord is to educate policymakers on how to advance electric transportation in a manner that provides economic, social and environmental benefits. That’s the future and the Accord lays out the essential building blocks for a compelling energy infrastructure that we can all rely on for decades to come.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Introduction In the era of rapid urbanization and sustainable development, the integration of electric vehicles (EVs) plays a pivotal role in shaping smart cities. In this section, we delve deeper into the various facets of environmental sustainability in the context of electric vehicles and their impact on smart cities.

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Baua Electric

MAY 15, 2024

The 5 million milestone comes just eight years after the US achieved its first million in 2016 – a stark contrast to the four decades it took to reach that initial milestone since the first grid-connected solar project in 1973. The residential sector represents 97% of all US solar installations.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

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. A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

New Delhi: noco-noco Pte Ltd (noco-noco), the wholly-owned subsidiary of noco-noco Inc, and Greenfuel Energy Solutions Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at revolutionizing India’s clean electric mobility landscape through batteries with superior efficiency, performance, and longevity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ Dr. Bruce R.

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