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Electrify America unveils its first application of megawatt-level energy storage

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Electrify America recently unveiled its first application of a megawatt-level battery energy storage system (BESS) for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, building upon the company’s existing BESS installations at more than 150 stations across the US, including more than 100 installations in California.

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Electrify America to install 30 charging stations with battery energy storage at the Port of Long Beach for drayage trucks

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Teaming with trucking company 4 Gen Logistics, Electrify America is building on its commitment to provide charging infrastructure to the City of Long Beach to support 4 Gen’s 60 electric trucks conducting drayage operations in Southern California.

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BrightDrop enters grocery industry with ecart for optimized online order fulfillment and pickup

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BrightDrop gained valuable learnings through a series of rapid prototype builds, market research and customer pilot programs over the past year. Today’s online order fulfillment process involves many steps within the store to identify, collect and store products before putting them in the hands of customers.

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What is V2H?

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V2H, or vehicle-to-home, uses smart EV charging and bidirectional (two way) charging to transfer energy stored in the battery of a parked electrical vehicle (EV) to the home for use as a backup power source during outages. Using the energy stored in your EV battery instead of grid energy can also help reduce your carbon footprint.

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Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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Unlike methane gas and hydrogen, there is no need to install expensive infrastructure in order to store and distribute methanol as a fuel. Methanol which is produced with CRI’s method is one of the most environmentally friendly liquid fuels available today. Planning for the next phase is already underway.

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IBM releases fifth annual Next Five in Five list of near-term significant innovations; personalized routing for commuting/transportation makes the cut

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It can also help urban planners predict what will happen and how to address congestion when a new office building, sports arena or other major facility is built. Batteries today have a number of problems, chiefly, the heavy metal-oxides used inside the battery greatly limit the amount of energy it can store, IBM notes.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

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A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology. Also, it doesn’t affect the rules that the OEMs might be building around the battery warranty. In just a few years, every new EV, on both the consumer and commercial sides, is likely to be bi.

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