Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. Palo Alto boasts the highest adoption rate of EVs in the United States: In 2020, one in six of the town’s 25,000 households owned an EV. The answer is a nuanced “perhaps.”

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

Collins Bus has deployed more than 70,000 buses over the last 50 years across the United States and Canada. The buses will support both Level 2 AC charging and Level 3 DC fast charging, with integrated vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities. These buses travel a total of nearly 3.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

Parts of the United States are at elevated or high risk for potential electricity emergencies this summer, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) 2021 Summer Reliability Assessment. Summer peak electricity demand in the United States is strongly influenced by temperature.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

The data release includes more than 40 earth science data layers, including a new map of variations in the Earth’s natural magnetic field for the entirety of Canada and the United States that scientists can use to develop three-dimensional representations of geology underground. Resources McCafferty, A.E., San Juan, C.A., Graham, G.E.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in collaboration with two electric utilities, recently examined the causes, costs and lead times of distribution system upgrades anticipated for depot charging of short-haul heavy-duty trucks in the United States. Their paper appears in the journal Nature Energy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

While all comments are welcome, the EVSP reserves the right to hold disposition of comments in reserve for a future iteration of the document if they cannot be addressed within the time available. This might include, for example, comments on the document’s organization, or issues not addressed. Medium- and heavy-duty EVs are also covered.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

This medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electrification is projected to increase the US daily electric energy consumption by 140,000 megawatt-hours per day by 2030. The vehicles’ energy needs will be met by slow overnight charging between 50-150 kW and ultra-fast megawatt charging of 1MW or greater. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2013

A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In 2023, Kelley Blue Book reported an unprecedented purchase of 1,189,051 electric vehicles in the United States alone, while global EV sales are projected to range between 9.6 The demand for innovative solutions to effectively manage EV energy consumption has never been more critical. What is Demand Response?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

An updated roadmap for the Smart Grid is now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which recently finished reviewing and incorporating public comments into the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0. Just as its draft version did, the final 2.0

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Tesla teamed up with UK-based energy service provider Octopus Energy again. This time, Tesla and Octopus Energy are seeking to supply “inexpensive green electricity” to homeowners in Germany who install solar panels and Powerwall 2 batteries in their homes. . Tesla and Octopus Energy already work together in the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2022

Natron Energy, a manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries, and Clarios International Inc., This collaboration will place the United States at the forefront of sodium-ion battery manufacturing. Future applications may also include electric vehicles and grid energy storage. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

Mopar has introduced new, Wi-Fi-capable, Level 2 (240-volt) charging units for at-home charging for Jeep 4xe and Chrysler plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Portable, lightweight, lockable and weatherproof for indoor/outdoor charging, each unit is universally compatible and backed by a 3-year warranty.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2022

Additional concerns, such as consumer choice, regional variability, and infrastructure availability for FCEV and BEV, were not directly accounted for. This analysis builds on a previous comprehensive life cycle analysis, updating that study’s 2016 assumptions and methods. High production volume is assumed unless explicitly specified.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 22, 2023

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has recently issued a warning that much of the United States faces a heightened risk of blackouts during extreme heat conditions this summer. This is particularly concerning given the growing reliance on electric vehicles in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2011

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released an updated roadmap for public comment for Smart Grid interoperability. The request for public comment on NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0, Earlier post.). NIST’s first outline, Release 1.0, New to the 2.0

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has published state-by-state energy and water Sankey diagrams in one location so that analysts and policymakers can find all the information they need in one place. General location of energy and water categories.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2022

(BWXT) will build the first advanced nuclear microreactor in the United States under a contract awarded by the US Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO). The test program will demonstrate that the reactor can produce reliable off-grid electric power.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. Projections of PEV growth and additional electric load for other ISO and RTO regions are available in the report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Bank of America has joined Stanford University’s Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), a collaboration of academic and business experts that identifies and supports new avenues of research to make environmentally sustainable, low-cost energy available to everyone.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Toyota has announced that it will work with Oncor, a Texas-based electric utility, on vehicle-to-grid technology that may compete with Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant. Tesla has sparked new interest in energy products since its launch of the Tesla Powerwall.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a funding opportunity announcement ( DE-FOA-0001817 ) to support development of advanced nuclear energy technology. Additional funding will be available in future years, as allocated by Congress. A new opportunity for regulatory support to US industry is available through this FOA.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Making this information mutually available and working towards common standards can help facilitate rapid deployment of electric vehicles in both countries. Paired cities will collect and share data on charging patterns, driving experiences, grid integration, consumer preferences and other topics. Joint demonstrations.

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Driivz

DECEMBER 20, 2023

CPOs also provide and manage the charging network infrastructure, the backend EV charging and energy management software , and the communications between the backend system and the chargers. CPOs need to guarantee that EV chargers are always available and stable, operating 24/7 without fail. How can CPOs optimize their businesses?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2012

Gen4 Energy, developers of a 25MW small modular nuclear reactor, announced it has decided not to pursue the recently released DOE Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Small Modular Reactor Licensing Support Program. We have targeted and will continue to target small, remote or off-the-grid markets that tend to rely on diesel power.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

The Alliance Commission on National Energy Efficiency Policy released a set of recommendations— Energy 2030 —designed to double US energy productivity by 2030. The Commission was created in 2012 to identify solutions for increasing US energy productivity and aid in jumpstarting the economy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The battery systems will be deployed to mitigate higher power demand charges and manage operating costs by avoiding or reducing demand and energy charges during peak charging periods. Our stations are offering some of the most technologically advanced charging that is available.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Tritium listed on Nasdaq in January and plans to move some executive jobs to the United States as part of its expanding focus. ” Tritium said that before this, the company had evaluated the possible locations of multiple factories in Texas and other states. billion is earmarked for the construction of charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

US President Joe Biden announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030. As countries look to accelerate this transition, the modernization of power grids and integration of energy storage will also be increasingly important.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

billion toward electrifying public transportation across the United States. billion available from 2021 through 2025 across transit and school bus sectors. [7] Load management solutions will help maximize the capacity of existing grid infrastructure by minimizing the necessity of interconnection upgrades at a given depot site.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The plan also calls for accelerating the permitting for renewable power generation on public lands and upgrading the grid. In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. A Federal Quadrennial Energy Review. New energy efficiency standards.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The ever-changing environmental landscape has significantly heightened the frequency of natural disasters, costing the United States an average of $18 billion annually over the past five years. billion by 2028 in the United States, the future of disaster recovery must include planning for EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2012

The company has started producing AGM batteries for the United States at its facility in St. Our estimates suggest that up to 40% of new cars being built the United States by 2016 could be Start-Stop vehicles requiring AGM batteries, in addition to the growing number of conventional vehicles that require a more robust battery.

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