Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Four California state agencies and the independent power grid operator have released a new plan and vision for California’s energy future in advance of the Air Resources Board consideration of a first-in-the-nation rule requiring that a third of California electricity come from renewable sources by 2020.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory. Today GVE is one of Nigeria’s leading renewable energy companies. Having these [stations] in place will help fight climate change.”

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As the world grapples with the pressing issue of climate change, it is evident that we need swift action to avert its worst impacts. The upstream, “well to wheel” emissions of the EV are linked to electricity generation and the electrical grid, with lower emissions in regions that use more renewable energy sources.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

In mid-2022, the International Renewable Energy Agency counted 32 countries that had adopted hydrogen strategies and 11 others that were preparing such plans. In the fight against climate change, many countries have pledged to reduce their CO2 emissions to net zero. Why all the hype about hydrogen?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2010

HRL Laboratories and its partners GM, Va Polytech, ORNL, Teledyne will receive $5,058,803 to develop efficient, compact, and low-cost battery chargers for electric cars. This compact battery charger will support two-way power flow enabling the electrical grid to access the vehicle’s battery.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

As she drives her electric vehicle to her mother’s house, Monique’s battery gauge indicates that it’s time to reenergize. The battery in her EV is a variation on the flow battery , a design in which spent electrolyte is replaced rather than recharged. A battery that mitigates these problems is DARPA’s objective.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

The report, Bucks for balancing: can plug-in vehicles of the future extract cash—and carbon—from the power grid? , is based on a research collaboration between a team of engineers from Ricardo and National Grid, the operator of the high voltage electricity transmission system within Great Britain (GB).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

The Commission also approved funding of $220,554 to expand the campus’ burgeoning charging network for plug-in electric vehicles, through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. The microgrid award is funded through the Commission’s research and development program.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

The study looked at how adding PHEVs to the road could affect the electric power grid depending on when and where the cars were charging. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on the study. In order to make a dent in issues like climate change and dependence on foreign oil, the grid must change.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

In the paper, the GM team broke down CO 2 and fuel consumption reduction potentials into several categories: The introduction of E-REVs and PHEVs to existing grids, displacing petroleum use; The influence of charging availability and consumer behavior on CO 2 reduction; Changes in power grid mix as well as vehicle stock; and.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

rechargeable battery?technology?that Their goal is to significantly improve electrical energy storage capacity by developing a novel assembly for batteries and facilitate progress toward 100% renewable energy sources. technology?that the cost of energy storage?by by at least 10 times. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The integration of EVs aligns with the global imperative to mitigate climate change and reduce the environmental footprint of urban transportation. The electric drivetrain is highly efficient in converting stored energy from batteries into motion, minimizing energy waste.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

But given the sheer tonnage of lithium, cobalt, and other raw materials needed for EV batteries, that figure is overly optimistic, suggests the mineral market analysis company Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, unless nearly 300 new mines and supporting refineries open by then. Technological change is hard, social change even harder.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

The report, Plug-In Electric Vehicles: A Practical Plan for Progress , examines public policies toward PEVs, taking into account the promise and limitations of PEVs, recent improvements in battery technology, market dynamics, and the proliferation of policies around the world that promote the use of PEVs. BEVs vs. PHEVS.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 31, 2023

Take power-grid transformers. These essential voltage-converting components are designed to cool down at night, when power consumption is typically low. Humans must change two foundational sectors of modern civilization—energy and transportation—to achieve the targeted reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations. We will own the battery.

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