Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2022

Unlike conventional EV chargers, Fermata Energy’s V2X bidirectional charging system can both charge EVs and safely send some of that battery-stored power back to the grid, supporting grid resilience. The V2G system uses three Fermata Energy bidirectional chargers operating on a cloud-based platform.

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Blink Charging

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Electric vehicle ownership is increasing, and that means more EVs on the road and more demand for charging services. What do the placement of electric vehicle charging stations mean for truck stops and roadside convenience store owners? The American Automobile Association (AAA) predicts that 115.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2023

The university is taking part in an utility rate program developed by its local utility New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC), electrification software provider Bellawatt, and Fermata Energy. When the price of electricity is higher, PSU can then discharge the batteries and sell the energy back to NHEC.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2022

A research team at Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a high-capacity Li-metal battery with improved rate performance and stability using a one-dimensional Li-confinable porous hollow carbon host. In addition, many nano-sized pores are formed in the shell part to improve the Li-ion movement toward the core space.

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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

MARCH 9, 2021

Scientists have made a major advance in harnessing machine learning to accelerate the design for better batteries. He said the results overturn long-held assumptions about how lithium-ion batteries charge and discharge and give researchers a new set of rules for engineering longer-lasting batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2023

Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is using an aluminum-foil-based anode in a solid-state Li-ion battery to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The new battery system is detailed in an open-access paper in Nature Communications.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

The UK Government has published an Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan. The plan sets out steps being taken to seize on the significant potential of smart charging and make it the preferred method of long duration charging by 2025. —Energy and Climate Minister Graham Stuart.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, have produced a structural battery that performs ten times better than all previous versions. The carbon fiber acts as a host for the lithium and thus stores the energy. 1 , an elastic modulus of 25?GPa,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Electrify Home leverages the full power of Electrify America’s industry experts, technical knowledge, and strategic collaborations to deliver fast and effective home charging products. kW charging power for capable vehicles. The Electrify Home web store offers a one-stop solution to charging at home.

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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? Typically, there are three parts to commercial energy bills: 1. Baseline Charges.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 31, 2023

Up to 70 percent of NIO 's owners are in China's tier 1 and tier 2 cities, and the company wants to leverage battery swap stations to reach out to less-developed tier 3 and tier 4 cities. Image credit: CnEVPost) NIO (NYSE: NIO) announced aggressive new battery swap station construction plans late last month.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2019

The BMW Group’s worldwide spare parts logistics center in Dingolfing has recently started piloting autonomous transport platforms. The electrically powered AutoBox helps to move incoming spare parts efficiently from the freight dock to the warehouse. Humans load the AutoBox with incoming parts. and Innovations in Logistics.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

High-energy nickel (Ni)–rich cathode will play a key role in advanced lithium (Li)–ion batteries, but it suffers from moisture sensitivity, side reactions, and gas generation. Researchers are working on ways to store more energy in the cathode materials by increasing nickel content. But large-scale deployment has been a challenge.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 21, 2024

Power Up: What You Can Do To Keep You Battery Working for You Understanding Battery Health EV batteries are the heart of your vehicle, and their health is critical to performance and longevity. Charging Practices —The way you charge your EV has a significant impact on its battery life.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2018

Researchers from the University of Cambridge, with colleagues from Argonne National Laboratory in the US and Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, UK, have identified a group of materials—niobium tungsten oxides—that could be used to make even higher power batteries. Griffith et al. —Griffith et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

The overarching aim of the Current Direct project is to develop and demonstrate an innovative interchangeable waterborne transport battery system and Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) Platform in an operational environment at the Port of Rotterdam at TRL7 that facilitates fast charging of vessels, fleet optimization and novel business models.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Magnesium batteries have long been considered a potentially safer and less expensive alternative to lithium-ion batteries, but previous versions have been severely limited in the power they delivered. The combination affords a Mg battery that delivers a specific power of up to 30.4?kW?kg —Dong et al. —Dong et al.

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

The company In-der-City-Bus, which is in charge of public transport in Frankfurt, Germany, has awarded a tender for 13 hydrogen buses to Solaris. Each bus will also be fitted with a Solaris High Power battery. The hydrogen needed to propel the bus will be stored in gaseous form, in roof-stacked tanks.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

GM will combine its fuel cell hardware and software with Renewable Innovations’ power integration and management systems to create a generator that can provide fast-charging capability for EVs without having to expand the grid or install permanent charging assets in places where there's only a temporary need for power.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 16, 2023

The Berkeley Lab has created a conductive polymer coating known as HOS-PFM that could be used for coating lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). This could increase the range and life of EV batteries. Now we know the recent developments in the coating of EV batteries, let us look into the basics.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By the end of 2021, the Virginia-based fleets will utilize the zero tailpipe emission trucks to transport inbound parts and components daily to the Volvo Trucks New River Valley Assembly Operations (NRV) in Dublin, Virginia, where every Volvo truck in North America is assembled. —Peter Voorhoeve, president, Volvo Trucks North America.

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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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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

Tech: Energy Storage Is Revolutionizing EV Charging: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Are Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles Mobile BESS have many uses (photo courtesy TROES) The electrification of vehicles is taking the world by storm, with more end users looking to optimize their purchase of their vehicles.

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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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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

The Volkswagen Group is establishing a Group company for energy offerings and charging solutions, underlining its strategic goal of becoming a leading provider of sustainable mobility. Elli Group GmbH , with headquartered in Berlin, is to develop products and services connected with energy and charging for the brands of the Group.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

The economic benefits of recycling Li-ion batteries are clear, but at present, only a small percentage of them are recycled. In contrast, lead-acid batteries have a 99% recycling rate in the US. The two main processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries are pyrometallurgy and hydrometallurgy.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

And if you happen to be part of the EV-crowd, you likely enjoy many of the benefits that come with owning an EV, including simple storage arrangements. Because EVs contain different components than conventional gas-powered cars, they require little maintenance, even when storing them for long periods of time. Trickle Charge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Scientists at Stanford and SLAC redesigned current collectors to make lithium-ion batteries lighter, safer and more efficient. This is especially important when batteries are charged super-fast, creating more of the types of battery damage that can lead to fires. —Stanford professor Yi Cui, who led the research.

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Wallbox

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Currently on a daily basis, terms like “bidirectional charging,” “vehicle to grid (V2G)” or “vehicle to home (V2H)” are constantly being used, but do you really know what they are talking about? So let’s talk about bidirectional charging, how it works and discover some more benefits it can provide. Benefits of bidirectional chargers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2023

The reachstacker is part of the H2Ports project, which aims to introduce hydrogen-powered vehicles and equipment in port operations. The hydrogen is stored in high-pressure tanks and can be refilled less than 15 minutes. The Hyster Reachstacker uses Nuvera E-Series Fuel Cell engines to convert hydrogen into electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2023

At the same time, it is a suitable option for transport operators with an existing battery-electric fleet aiming to operating their long routes without having to recharge and without having to put on additional buses. Due to the favorable weight distribution of batteries and fuel cells, this technology enables a high passenger capacity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

A 45 kWh lithium-ion battery is responsible for supplying the electric motor with power. All of the electric drive system's standard parts are being made by Volkswagen Group Components in Kassel. They are transferred by eClassics into a battery system appropriate for the T1. As in the new ID.3

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This strategic partnership is the beginning of a long-term collaboration involving the co-design, co-development, production, marketing, and sales of integrated fuel cell-battery solutions. The fuel cell module, which is powered by hydrogen stored in tanks on the vehicle, produces electricity which is supplied to the electric powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Elli, the Volkswagen subsidiary that manages all activities related to charging and energy for the Group in Europe, the Elia Group and its start-up re.alto signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in Berlin. The MoU underscores the signatories’ shared vision of integrating electric cars into the electricity system.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Toshiba Corporation announced the development of its next-generation SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery), which uses a new material to double the capacity of the battery anode. The new battery offers high-energy density and the ultra-rapid recharging required for automotive applications.

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