Green Car Congress
MARCH 16, 2010
Envia Systems has been awarded a $4 million grant from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) and another $1 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to support development of high energy density Li-ion storage technology, targeted at plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. Earlier post.).
EV Connect
JANUARY 9, 2023
Vehicle to load (V2L) : This is probably the most common type of bidirectional charging available today. This type of charging relies on vehicles that have built-in converters and 120-volt plugs for charging appliances and devices, both of which are becoming increasingly common. This can further reduce your utility costs.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 14, 2017
Level 2 AC charging (L2) with universally accepted J1772 connectors will serve charging at long dwell-time locations. Sites will be, on average, about 66 miles apart, with no more than 120 miles between stations, meaning many shorter range ZEVs available today will be able to use this network.
Charged EVs
MAY 8, 2023
A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology. Gregory Poilasne: We have an AC charging station that we rolled out that came from our relationship with the University of Delaware. BMW was involved with the V2G pilot of the University of Delaware many years ago.
Green Car Congress
JULY 3, 2015
Electrified vehicles (meaning all of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or battery electric technologies) could largely replace conventional gasoline vehicles, under favorable conditions (e.g., Renewable and nuclear electricity supply technologies are available today. Still, it is technically achievable. —Meier et al.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Just as we have become accustomed to plugging in our cell phones everyday, the habit of plugging in your car after returning home could easily become second nature. The only time involved is the few seconds it takes to plug in and later, unplug, your car and possibly press a button.
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