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EnerDel, ITOCHU Announce Second Smart Grid Battery Storage Project

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US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.).

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ITOCHU and InSpec ally to offer services to build rechargeable battery production plants in North America; Japanese battery manufacturing equipment

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Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation, its wholly owned US industrial machinery sales company, TEXMAC Inc., and Oregon-based InSpec Group will commence contract services for the construction of manufacturing plants for secondary batteries, such as lithium-ion batteries, and a range of ancillary facilities.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electric school buses equipped with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology also have tremendous potential as “batteries on wheels” that can store electricity and provide it to the grid or to buildings when needed. An indicative survey by the Corporate Electric Vehicle Alliance of its 24 members, who operate more than 1.3

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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The vast majority of the funded projects are for battery-electric buses and infrastructure; two projects are receiving a total of $3.2 The funding is for the incremental cost of a battery electric bus over a CNG bus and leverages federal, state, local utilities and local match to purchase the battery electric buses for service expansion.

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Nissan provided a list of the top 15 markets in the US for the Nissan LEAF battery-electric vehicle. Oregon has a Chief EV Officer to promote EV use. Honolulu, with 26 quick chargers, has one of densest charging grids in the US. Electric (Battery) Sales' Top 15 LEAF market year-to-date in 2013. Earlier post.)

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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million through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance to support projects specifically focused on advanced high-voltage electrolytes for batteries and advanced engine and powertrain technologies to improve vehicle fuel efficiency. Drive Oregon. Grid Modernization for Electric Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Description.

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DOE AVTA Completes 1M Miles of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Testing

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Model Battery. All batteries are Li-ion unless otherwise noted. By evaluating how the vehicles are driven and how they are charged, the AVTA is able to demonstrate vehicle energy consumption results and potential electric grid impacts. Oregon E.V. PHEV Models Under AVTA Testing. Hymotion Prius A123Systems. Earlier post.)

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