Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ford is partnering with solar company Sunrun to enhance home energy management, leveraging the onboard battery capability of the all-electric F-150 Lightning. —Matt Stover, Ford charging and energy services director. The F-150 Lightning extended-range battery system can store 131 kWh and deliver up to 9.6

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Hyundai Home gives homeowners in select states an easy way to produce, store, and use their own energy to power their lives at home and on the road. Hyundai has partnered with Electrum to develop a one-stop online marketplace to connect homeowners in select states to solar panels, energy storage systems, EV chargers and local installers.

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Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2023

Tesla is going to let owners of its electric vehicles charge their cars using excess solar energy that has accumulated throughout the day and can’t be stored in a Powerwall, coding in its smartphone app seems to reveal. Then reserve part of your vehicle’s battery to charge only when excess solar is available.”

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EV Box

JANUARY 16, 2024

There are several ways EV drivers can optimize a homegrown solar system to ensure their EV recharging needs are met. Optimizing a solar EV charging setup ensures that solar panels produce and store enough renewable electricity to cover household and EV energy consumption even on cloudy days and overnight.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2023

The program at PSU brings together EVs, a bidirectional EV charging system, and advance notice on hourly electricity pricing—called a Transactive Energy Rate (TER)—enabling the university to make decisions easily about using the Nissan LEAF batteries as mobile energy storage assets. This is known as electricity arbitrage.

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EV Box

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Solar EV chargers are no different from regular home chargers for your electric car, with one exception: they can optimize your charging process to use as much solar energy as possible Solar panels installed on your property collect the energy of the sun and convert it into usable AC electricity.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

Photo: Enteligent California-based Enteligent is accepting pre-orders for what it claims is the world’s first DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger. The solar EV charging tech company launched its product in February 2023 at Intersolar North America in Long Beach, California, and now it’s ready to take pre-orders.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

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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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

federal government is actively facilitating EV adoption, aiming to simplify the purchasing process for consumers , encourage companies to electrify their fleets , and assist businesses in installing EV charging stations. For instance, on-peak price may be $0.15 kWh, while off-peak hours could be as low as $0.11

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2023

Porsche is planning to set up its own fast-charging stations offering a premium charging experience along Europe’s most important routes. As a pilot site, the first Porsche Charging Lounge has opened outside Bingen am Rhein. Further Porsche Charging Lounges are currently planned for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a novel strategy to improve the efficiency and performance of non-aqueous lithium-oxygen (Li-air) batteries. O 2 batteries are based on the oxidation of lithium at the (lithium) metal electrode and reduction of oxygen at the air electrode to induce current flow. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Electrify America has opened more than 500 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the US, with more than 2,200 individual DC fast chargers. Each station has between three and ten individual DC fast chargers to accommodate multiple vehicles charging at one time.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2023

Enables V2H bidirectional charging with a compatible GM EV, when paired with Ultium Home V2H Enablement Kit; up to 19.2 kW AC charge speed. Includes an inverter, home hub and dark start battery; 9.6 This bundle includes the following products: GM’s PowerShift Charger. Ultium Home V2H Enablement Kit. kW of discharge power.

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The solar EV charger is a helpful accessory for electric car owners. I’m sure many car owners have problems charging their EVs, so it’s cool to be able to charge them at home with free and clean solar energy. This guide can help you choose the correct solar EV charger for your electric vehicle.

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EV Info

APRIL 25, 2024

We have doubled our storage - from 10 to 20 kWh with a new SolarEdge pack Thanks to Bright Spark for installing a second Solar Edge Battery. With these we can store all, or most of the solar energy we collect from the roof top panels. Looking to add solar or battery – Use our referral code at Solar Edge.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Leveraging Parking Lot Solar Panels for EV Charging. It sounds like a utopian dream: rows of electric vehicles staying cool and charging away beneath solar panels while their owners shop, dine and conduct business. Parking lots covered with solar panels is an idea whose time has come. The way it could be.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Seven-Eleven and Toyota entered into a basic agreement in August 2017 regarding considerations toward energy conservation and carbon dioxide emission reduction in store distribution and operation. Specifically, the Group plans to increase renewable energy use in stores to 20% and reduce CO 2 emissions by 27% compared to FY 2013 by 2030.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 6, 2024

New Englanders, rejoice – at last, Vermont’s first Tesla store is now open in South Burlington. January 26: The Vermont Tesla store is so not going to open in the latter half of January, as we initially expected. Both Tesla stores are a few hours’ drive each way from Vermont. IT’S HEEEEEERRRREEEE!

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

The Volkswagen Group presented its technology roadmap for batteries and charging up to 2030 today on its first “Power Day”. The goal of the roadmap is to reduce the complexity and cost of the battery significantly in order to make the electric car attractive and viable for as many people as possible. —Thomas Schmall.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 26, 2024

New Englanders, rejoice – at last, Vermont’s first Tesla store is being fitted up in South Burlington and will open soon. January 26: The Vermont Tesla store is so not going to open in the latter half of January, as we initially expected. Both Tesla stores are a few hours’ drive each way from Vermont.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

General Motors introduced Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial, which in combination with the existing Ultium Charge 360, create an ecosystem of energy management products and services that will be housed under a new business unit called GM Energy.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 26, 2024

Between my electric bikes, e-motorcycles, e-ATVs, electric tractors, and a few other things I’m probably forgetting, having a weather-sealed, solar-powered off-grid charging shed would be a big benefit. There are many ways to skin a cat, and even more ways to add solar power to a shipping container. Here’s how I did it.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For companies that invest in EV charging, deploying battery storage can reduce power demand charges. Charging on demand is a tricky part of EV charging station operation. So do you know what a demand charge is? Baseline Charges. Energy or Usage Charges. Demand Charges. That is demand.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

and 4R Energy Corporation, a joint venture established by Nissan and Sumitomo Corporation in September 2010 to explore second-life applications for automotive battery packs ( earlier post ), have developed a charging system for electric vehicles that combines a solar power generation system with high-capacity lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Testing of the first 50 BMW i3 cars equipped with bidirectional charging technology is expected to start under real-world everyday conditions in early 2021. This will effectively turn the electric vehicles’ batteries into mobile energy storage devices that can also supply electricity when required.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2023

Large-scale deployment of battery electric vehicle (BEV) and photovoltaic (PV) electricity technologies could raise electricity costs by increasing peak evening electricity demand and causing overgeneration of electricity during midday. A new study by MIT researchers examines these risks and how they amplify or mitigate each other.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

Renault, Europe’s leading electric vehicles manufacturer, and its Dutch economic partners Utrecht City Council, ElaadNL and LomboXnet signed a letter of intent in Paris to develop a Franco-Dutch framework of smart solar charging solutions for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2023

Like all previous model generations, the new BMW 5 Series Sedan is produced at the BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, where the electric motors and high-voltage batteries for the BMW i5 are also manufactured. The space-saving high-voltage battery is located in the underbody and provides a usable energy content of 81.2

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Nevada utility NV Energy’s largest battery energy storage system sits on a former coal-fired power plant site and will save customers a lot of money. It’s a two-hour energy storage system that stores and dispatches excess wind and solar power. Get started here. –ad* ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

The University of California, Riverside is opening its Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative to research the integration of: intermittent renewable energy, such as photovoltaic solar panels; energy storage, such as batteries; and all types of electric and hybrid electric vehicles. Two megawatt-hours of battery energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2016

The Solar Impulse 2 —the solar airplane that recently completed a round-the-world flight— used batteries from Kokam, based on that company’s advanced Ultra High Energy Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide (Ultra High Energy NMC) technology. The Solar Impulse uses four 38.5

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Teslarati

MAY 27, 2021

While the retractable design of the tonneau provides convenience at the touch of a button for owners, it will protect any goods or cargo that drivers will store in the Cybertruck’s massive bed. Will be an option to add solar power that generates 15 miles per day, possibly more. Would love this to be self-powered.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

Photo: BEAM Global The British military has placed a $1 million order for San Diego-based Beam Global’s (Nasdaq: BEEM) off-grid solar EV chargers. The UK Ministry of Defence ordered 10 of Beam Global’s EV ARC sustainable charging systems and one ARC Mobility trailer, which it will deploy at British Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Leclanché SA ( earlier post ) will develop a battery storage solution for Fastned’s fast charging electric vehicle stations, starting with a pilot at two locations. Fastned is a Dutch company installing fast charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe ( earlier post ). Its city stations have up to four fast chargers.

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Teslarati

JUNE 23, 2021

Tesla China announced earlier that it has launched a solar-powered Supercharger facility in Lhasa, the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The announcement was originally made by the Tesla China Charging Team, who shared details and photos of the new Supercharger stalls in Lhasa.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

One of the main impediments to harnessing solar energy is storage. Solar batteries work as a short-term solution, but not when it comes to long-term storage or to power, say, an entire city. Solar energy and oil wells might sound like an odd combination, but the principle is similar to how geothermal energy would be harnessed.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

It's being marketed as the " Tesla Energy Plan ," and is available to any individual household in this region of 24 million people that has a solar panel system, a grid connection—and a Tesla powerwall, the Palo Alto firm's gigafactory-made 13.5 kWh battery wall unit. For bigger national grids it gets more complicated.

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