Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2020

A ubiquitous charging infrastructure is, and remains, a key factor in the success of electric mobility. It independently steers to the vehicle to be charged and communicates with it: from opening the charging socket flap to connecting the plug and decoupling it. We are developing solutions to help avoid costly stand-alone measures.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

A new study by a team at the University of California Irvine highlights the importance of intelligent plug-in vehicle (PEV) charging for minimizing the scale of infrastructure required to meet renewable utilization targets. However, with smart charging of PEVs, required power capacity drops to 16% and required energy capacity drops to 0.6%.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

Nissan and Eaton, have partnered to introduce a new residential energy storage unit: the xStorage solution. Available to pre-order from September 2016, the xStorage is designed to be the most affordable home energy storage system in the market today. Starting price for a 4.2 Starting price for a 4.2

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2020

Both houses of the New Jersey Legislature (Senate and Assembly) have passed a bill ( S2252 /A4819) that establishes goals and incentives for increased use of plug-in electric vehicles in NJ. By the end of 2040, at least 85% of all new light duty vehicles sold or leased in the State are to be plug-in electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2014

2 nd -generation Dual Mode (DM II) plug-in hybrid system of the Qin. BYD’s second-generation Dual-Mode, plug-in hybrid electric sedan Qin has posted a second month of strong sales in February. Trends in March now make it “China’s Best-Selling Electric Vehicle” according to China’s National Passenger Car Association.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2009

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC)—an organization whose members are Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company—is seeking requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for four projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2013

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) have identified two compressed air energy storage methods for the temporary storage of the Northwest’s excess wind power and two eastern Washington locations to put them into practice.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2013

Controls and energy storage top the list. Its goal was to collect the information on all on-going or recently concluded RD&D projects on electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which received EU or national public funding with a budget of more than €1 million (US$1.3 Source: JRC. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

The Robust Affordable Next Generation EV-Storage (RANGE) program’s goal is to enable a 3X increase in electric vehicle range (from ~80 to ~240 miles per charge) with a simultaneous price reduction of > 1/3 (to ~ $30,000). ARPA-E defines robust design as electrochemical energy storage chemistries and/or architectures (i.e.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

We are certain that hydrogen is set to gain significantly in importance for individual mobility and therefore consider a mixture of battery and fuel cell electric drive systems to be a sensible approach in the long term. —Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Development.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2014

Panasonic jumps to top of the plug-in vehicle battery leaderboard, overtaking NEC and LG Chem. Batteries for hybrids and plug-in vehicles are growing fast, more than tripling over the past three years to reach 1.4 Among the Lux findings: The electric vehicle drivetrain is the most lucrative for battery developers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent to release a funding opportunity that would provide up to $37 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to advance electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling, transportation, and design (DE-FOA-0003120). million plug-in electric vehicles have been sold in the US.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

dz, Poland signed a contract for the delivery of 17 Solaris electric buses. The municipal operator opted for Urbino 12 electric buses, the most popular models in Solaris’s emission-free portfolio. The Urbino 12 electrics set to join the city fleet will draw energy from batteries with a capacity of more ethan 250 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2011

The overall market for energy storage technologies that power electric vehicles is set to grow from $13 billion in 2011 to $30 billion in 2016, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18%. Thus, they are set to surpass these other passenger vehicle types in terms of both total storage and dollars in 2016, growing from 5.1

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

biorstwo Komunikacyjne (MPK) in Cracow for the delivery of electric buses. At the end of October the carrier signed a contract with the manufacturer for the delivery of 18 articulated electric vehicles. The contract includes an option to order an additional three Urbino 18 electric units.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

These 32 demonstration projects, which include large-scale energy storage, smart meters, distribution and transmission system monitoring devices, plug-in vehicles, and a range of other smart technologies, will act as models for deploying integrated Smart Grid systems on a broader scale. Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2023

Solaris has fulfilled another contract for the delivery of electric buses to MPK Kraków, Poland, comprising 20 units of the Urbino electric, including 13 twelve-meter vehicles, and 7 articulated vehicles. Each bus is adapted for both charging using a plug-in connector and pantograph charging. Photo: Grzegorz Mental.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

kWh/100 km according to NEDC) started out as a somewhat exotic specimen on the nascent market for electric vehicles, developed into a classic with unmistakable charisma already in the course of its production period and goes down in the company’s history as a pioneer of sustainable mobility. The BMW i3 (combined power consumption: 16.3 - 15.3

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Oshkosh Corporation’s Fire & Emergency segment unveiled the Volterra platform of electric vehicles with the introduction of two new trucks under the Pierce Manufacturing and Oshkosh Airport Products brands. We look forward to serving the municipal and airport fire and emergency markets with the Volterra platform of electric vehicles.

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Electra Vehicles

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) innovations are quickly overtaking the electric vehicle and CleanTech conversations worldwide as OEMs and grid companies alike search for solutions to common EV and energy issues. Global V2G Software and Energy Storage MOIXA. Bidirectional Charging for EV Fleets NUVVE.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

German utility STEAG is investing around €100 million in grid energy storage systems (ESS) totalling 90 MW, equipped with Li-ion cells from LG Chem. Storage facilities and the creation of flexibility are essential elements in the implementation of the energy transition in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2011

The system will be integrated with a 750-kilowatt energy storage facility that can store 2 million watt-hours of energy using batteries. The project will also include a 50-kilowatt-hour facility to demonstrate the potential reuse of vehicle electric batteries for stationary energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

These swap stations remain to be seen as a novelty in Europe for the time being but will serve as a complementary public charging solution alongside plug-in infrastructure. The IDTechEx report includes the supply chain and energy storage capacities for various battery swapping players.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) recently acquired an extended range electric vehicle to include its batteries in the Energy Storage System Evaluation and Safety (EssEs) Consortium. The acquired vehicle is powered by an electric motor with electricity stored in a 16-kWh lithium-ion battery pack. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2024

LG Energy Solution’s AMPC totaled 188.9 Tesla stockpiled batteries from LG Energy Solution in Q1: report SNE Research reported that LG Energy Solutions’ global battery market share dropped slightly by 0.2% It also aims to expand its energy storage system business. billion won (US$137 million).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2011

In its new report Energy Storage on the Grid (ESG), Pike Research forecasts that global spending in the ESG market will reach a little over $22 billion over the next 10 years. Electric grids require balance in order to function properly. Electric grids require balance in order to function properly. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Mercedes-Benz Cars has begun production of the first Mercedes-Benz compact vehicles with plug-in hybrid drive ( earlier post ) at the Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant in southern Germany. kWh/100 km, electric range 74 km, combined CO 2 emissions 34-33 g/km). kWh/100 km, electric range 74 km, combined CO 2 emissions 34-33 g/km).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2010

A new report from Pike Research, Energy Storage Systems for Ancillary Services , forecasts that global investment in ancillary services systems for electric power will grow from $227 million in 2010 to $6.6 billion by 2019. The ideal response time is in many cases instantaneous. Pike senior analyst David Link.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The International Energy Agency (IEA) conservatively estimates that 130 million electric vehicles (EVs) will be on the road globally by 2030. A bidirectional EV fleet could serve as both a sustainable mobility option as well as an energy storage asset that sends power back to everything from critical loads and homes to the grid.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Mercedes-Benz Cars has opened a factory for plug-in hybrid (PHEV) batteries in the Bangkok region in Thailand. In doing so, the partners are responding to the high demand for electric mobility and, in particular, for plug-in hybrid vehicles in Thailand. The production facilities are highly standardized and flexible.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

The US DOE has released the final version of a new funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0000793 ) that will award more than $50 million in funding for new projects intended to accelerate the development of advanced plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) technologies to increase vehicle fuel economy and improve performance.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

Benz Cars continues to increase its range of plug-in hybrids under the EQ Power label, with he latest additions being to the compact-car range. l/100 km, combined CO 2 emissions 35-31 g/km, combined electrical consumption 15.1-15.0 l/100 km, combined CO 2 emissions 37-33 g/km, combined electrical consumption 15.4-14.8

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

The California Energy Commission has awarded Electricore, Inc. 750,000 to research value-based design options for the standardization of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) batteries. This project includes $150,000 in match funding from San Diego Gas & Electric. The system will be located at Naval Base Ventura County.

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Standards Plug-in California Energy 244

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2020

Octillion Power Systems , a provider of advanced lithium-ion storage systems for electric mobility, is working with Lightning Systems, a developer of zero-emission drivetrains for commercial vehicles. The collaboration will produce Class 6 electric trucks (up to 12.5 is available beginning in the third quarter of 2020.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

McLaren Automotive will unveil the production-ready version of its P1 plug-in capable hybrid supercar at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show. liter twin-turbo V8 gasoline engine and a low-weight electric motor to deliver combined output of 903 bhp (673 kW) and a maximum torque figure of 900 N·m (664 lb-ft). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2017

The smart vision EQ fortwo is also a car in which all of the individual fields of expertise that make up the CASE corporate strategy are combined, allowing users in the city intuitive access to individual mobility. Earlier post.). Freed from the task of driving, the passengers are able to relax in the large interior.

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