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LG Energy Solution in “active discussions” with Tesla for battery supply from AZ plant

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LG Energy Solution (LGES) noted on Friday that it is currently engaged in “active discussions” with Tesla and other electric vehicle companies to provide batteries from its planned factory in Arizona. The battery supplier’s comments were shared in a conference call.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. The brown line shows the uncoordinated load from 1,000 electric water heaters for reference. Here’s how.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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MIT study concludes V2G-enabled electric commercial trucks could offer lower total operating cost than conventional diesel fleet

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A new study by researchers at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), concludes that electric commercial vehicles can cost 9 to 12% less to operate than trucks powered by diesel engines when used to make deliveries on an everyday basis in big cities and when V2G (vehicle-to-grid) revenue is incorporated.

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Electric Vehicle Industry Associations – Joining Forces to Drive Adoption

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Common goals include speeding the development of industry standards , deployment of sufficient EV charging infrastructure and passing legislation favorable to the EV market – ranging from changes in the way utilities can price electricity to requiring that charge points need to be integrated into public building projects.

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Daimler partnering to transfer its latest generation of automotive fuel cell technology to stationary applications

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Fuel cell technology is an integral part of Daimler’s powertrain strategy. The company has already gathered experience with hydrogen-powered electric vehicles over several vehicle generations and millions of test kilometers around the world. Earlier post.).

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Ford Teams Up With Microsoft

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Microsoft’s Hohm to Manage Ford’s Electric Cars. manage off-hours home electrical usage? – actually makes sense because of Microsoft Hohm, a year-old Internet service helping consumers monitor all kinds of home energy usage. manage off-hours home electrical usage?

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