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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market. BMW i has worked with universities, national laboratories, utilities and industry partners to maximize residential energy efficiency.

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Study finds 20-25% of EV range lost as psychological safety buffer; driver assistance systems could shrink that buffer

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The results of the study, which also suggested that assistance systems could reduce the size of that buffer, were based on more than 400,000 km (249,000 miles) of user experience gathered in the research project “MINI E Berlin powered by Vattenfall”. During the field study a total of 79 users drove the MINI E for six months.

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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs

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The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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The project, which will put 340 vehicles on the road in trials within the next six to eighteen months, will be the biggest of its kind and is intended to accelerate the availability of low carbon cars to consumers. A new hydrogen station is planned for Coventry University. MINI E Research Project.

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MINI E joins Government electric vehicle announcement

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Both ministers drove a MINI E electric car at the event as they announced plans to support motorists by providing help worth £2000-£5000 towards buying their first electric or plug-in hybrid car when they hit the showrooms. And what better time to do this than in the year we celebrate the 50th birthday of MINI.

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ClipperCreek Taking Orders for SAE-compatible UL-listed Charging Station

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This is the first product available with the SAE-J1772, UL-listed connector which will be compatible with all new plug-in electric vehicles coming to market, including the GM Volt, the Nissan Leaf and the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The CS-40 has a circuit breaker rating of 40 amps, and supports continuous current of 32 amps.

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