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BMW Group and PG&E launching ChargeForward Phase 3 pilot; V2G testing

Green Car Congress

This advanced smart charging initiative is available to all BMW’s battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) drivers in Northern and Central California who are also PG&E residential, electric customers. BMW ChargeForward Phase Three.

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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

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plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). Comparison of commercially available electric vehicles driving range to recharge time (min) (for a full recharge), abbreviated as MPM (and for use akin to MPG). plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). —Herya and Sundaresan. Herya and Sundaresan (2016). (A)

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Sprout at Plug-in 2010

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The J1772-compliant Blink Level 2 charging stations will be available in two models: one, an in-home residential wall-mount unit and the second, a commercial stand-alone charger. Liberty PlugIns. Liberty PlugIns is providing Level 1, 2 and 3 charging stations integrated with metered parking. Leviton Mfg.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 1

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New policies will be needed for locations where a new grid connection or permits for a new charging location can take months to years. . For conventional electrical networks, charging all EVs when drivers come home and plugin could put a major strain on the grid and disrupt the stability of the power network. for developing countries.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

So now finally we have the technology to deliver everything to customers and with things like plugins you don’t have the range anxiety so that does kind of relieve most of the tradeoffs, certainly. “ We do need a national energy policy.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By comparison, NOx emissions in Travis county from motor vehicles totaled approximately 30,000 tons per year in 1996 -- the last year for which complete data was available. (1, Reply Highly Ranked Shyam D @ Apr 19th 2009 4:34PM Such data connections could easily be relegated to a wireless connection. Not the wisest thing to do.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. The table and this introduction are also available in multiple foreign languages which occasionally have a translation "lag time" (follow links at bottom of home page).

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