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

Cars That Think

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. 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.

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Nissan unveils Hyper Adventure EV, Hyper Urban EV concepts ahead of Japan Mobility

Teslarati

Ahead of an appearance at the Japan Mobility Show later this month, Nissan has unveiled its second vehicle concept it plans to digitally display at the expo. The vehicle will also include Nissan’s advanced e-4ORCE all-wheel-drive control system, according to the press release. What are your thoughts?

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Nissan announces Green Program 2016; targeting cumulative sales of 1.5M zero-emission vehicles across Alliance; new fuel cell electric vehicle with Daimler, new Nissan PHEV

Green Car Congress

Nissan Motor Co., announced its new six-year environmental plan, Nissan Green Program 2016 (NGP 2016). This new plan will focus on three areas: reduction of carbon footprint; shift to renewable energy; and an increase in the diversity of resources used by Nissan. million zero-emission vehicles across the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. Maybe it's not out of necessity that you don't have access to the grid,” Andersen says.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

billion invested in 180 green-technology companies. incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric. As of March, almost 56,000 people had signed up to reserve Nissan’s all-electric Leaf, due in dealerships by December. •In Nissan is planning to start deploying it in only five states.

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The Future @ Smart Garage

Revenge of the Electric Car

The list of invitees was pretty impressive with representation from, “auto manufacturers like Nissan and GM, utilities such as PG&E and Duke Energy, IBM, P&G, Wal-Mart and Google, among many others&#. The Smart Garage concept has become RMI’s means to describe the integration of the grid and the electric vehicle.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Fighting to preserve the EVs that the automakers were crushing almost 20 years ago, saving up to 1,000 from the crusher, and helping keep the cause alive when the government, most environmental organizations, and the car companies had given up. Studying "smart grids" with emphasis on co-joining BEVs with houses and commercial buildings.