Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The technologies developed will be transferred to battery manufacturers, leading to job creation in Québec and California. Québec and California have each set ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets that affect the grid as well as the transportation sector. —Berkeley Lab Director Mike Witherell.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The system utilizes BMW i3 high-voltage batteries and can be expanded to incorporate second-life batteries as they become available in the market.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

ViriCiti has developed and deployed a telematics platform for monitoring and managing electric bus and truck fleets, enabling fleet operators to optimize battery and vehicle performance. ViriCiti provides them vital capabilities that will accelerate electrification, lower operating costs and minimize impacts on the grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The projects would also help improve air quality in underserved areas of major American cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, and Salt Lake City. National Grid: Northeast Electric Highways Study. The selected projects are: CALSTART: East Coast Commercial ZEV Corridor.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2019

The next step involves a 530e Readiness Survey about the garage and local electric grid. BMW Wireless Charging enables electric energy from a main power supply, via installed GroundPad, to be transmitted to a vehicle’s high-voltage battery without any cables when the vehicle is positioned over an induction base pad.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

. $750,000 to research value-based design options for the standardization of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) batteries. The project survey will include identifying barriers to standardizing, researching methods to implement battery system standards, and recommending potential paths to the commercial adoption of battery standards.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

The California Energy Commission has awarded $1,585,490 to spur research on projects including a solid-state Li-ion battery system for grid-scale energy storage. to develop and test a 25 kWh prototype battery system based on nanostructured polymer electrolytes. Commissioners approved $600,000 to Seeo Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

In an event in San Francisco, Ford Motor Company and Samsung SDI, an affiliate of Samsung Group, outlined several collaborative research efforts on next-generation battery technology for non-hybrid vehicles. Ford suggested the dual battery system might go into production soon. Lead-acid (left) and Li-ion battery (right).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The concept previewed a fully-integrated energy transfer, which takes power from the grid and can return stored energy from electric vehicle (EV) batteries through Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology. This latest trial installation at Honda’s Offenbach site applies the same principles on a larger scale.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Batteries are a vital part of electric cars and mobile phones, and once they run out of power, they will make it impossible for you to move. What if you do accidentally run out of battery while you’re out and about and can’t find a place to recharge it? The United States uses a 120-volt grid. And what about cars?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The organizations collaborating with Electrify America on this initiative include Valley Clean Air Now (Valley CAN), Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE), Chinese Newcomers Service Center (CNSC), Self Help for the Elderly (SHE), Liberty Hill Foundation (LHF) and GRID Alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Fermata Energy: Fermata provides a complete solution that lets electric vehicles receive power from and provide power back to the grid and to buildings by integrating software, hardware options and knowledge, turning electric vehicles into energy storage assets that combat climate change, increase resilience and dramatically lower cost of ownership.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Nissan provided a list of the top 15 markets in the US for the Nissan LEAF battery-electric vehicle. Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). Honolulu, with 26 quick chargers, has one of densest charging grids in the US. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2018

FreeWire is a San Francisco-based company that has been a pioneer in flexible fast-charging technology for electric cars. Installing traditional fixed fast-charging stations is usually a cost- and labor intensive process that requires electrical upgrades to support the connection between charging stations and the main electrical grid.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), San Jose, Calif. SunPower, San Jose, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2015

CalCharge’s technology acceleration program facilitates members’ access to three San Francisco Bay Area national labs: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. CalCharge is a battery and electrochemical energy storage consortium. CalChargeLLNL.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

The US Department of Energy delivered more than $47 million in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for eight projects to further smart grid demonstration projects in seven states. The $47 million in new Recovery Act awards will support existing projects that are advancing demonstration-scale smart grid technologies.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), have launched an 18-month pilot of the BMW i ChargeForward Program in the San Francisco Bay Area. The study has two parts: (1) a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners; and (2) a battery second-life energy storage system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2012

With our highly regarded battery scientists and state-of-the-art equipment at Berkeley Lab, the CalCharge consortium will be able to leverage these resources to enable the development of battery solutions for electric transportation and other clean energy applications in California. —Berkeley Lab Director Paul Alivisatos.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) showcased the utility’s first extended-range electric truck with manufacturer VIA Motors at three Bay Area National Plug-In Day events—in San Francisco, San Rafael and Cupertino—on Sunday. PG&E offered ride-alongs in its VTrux from VIA.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

NREL’s Shivam Sharda, lead author of the paper, said, “Both EVs and PVs have a complementary nature, which might play a pivotal role in energy systems resiliency, addressing concerns regarding grid stability and power management strategies.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Ryder also plans to equip its maintenance facilities in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and San Jose, Calif. The Chanje all-electric large delivery style van is equipped to haul up to 6,000 pounds and up to 580 cubic feet of cargo.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

San Francisco and Los Angeles) that are less than about 1500 km or 900 miles apart. An estimated 3,400 lb (1,500 kg) of batteries provides 45 minutes of onboard compressor power, which is more than sufficient for the travel time with added reserve backup power. Power from the grid is needed when solar power is not available.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; The Focus Electric’s motor will be powered by a 23 kWh lithium-ion battery.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

To achieve the best outcomes, the brief suggests, plug-in vehicle adoption should typically be focused on HEVs and PHEVs by city drivers in mild-climate regions with a clean electricity grid, such as San Francisco or Los Angeles. Further, drivers should not be encouraged to charge at night in coal-heavy regions.

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EV Life

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

If you’re thinking about driving an electric car but are concerned about the battery range not being long enough, you’re not alone. From a standard electric plug, batteries recharge at a speed of 2 to 5 miles per hour of charging. Duboce Park, San Francisco) and filter for only DC Faster Chargers. See the next step.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Compared to Starlink’s sky-cluttering swarms of tiny satellites, San Francisco–based Astranis’s plans may seem old school. San Francisco–based Pattern Energy took over the projects, called SunZia Wind and SunZia Transmission, from Southwestern Power Group in July 2022. Revenge of the Geosynchronous Satellites!

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The PHEV Ram 1500 pickups are part of a national demonstration fleet of 140 vehicles that will be used during the next three years to evaluate customer usage, drive cycles, charging, thermal management, fuel economy, emissions and impact on the region’s electric grid. kWh lithium ion battery pack and a 6.6 Earlier post.). Albany, N.Y.,

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Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2023

Most of the growth of air conditioning will be in other countries,” says mechanical engineer Vince Romanin, co-founder and CEO of the San Francisco-based Gradient Comfort , “and restricting access is not fair.” It may seem like the cool air coming from your home’s air conditioner is coming from just the other side of the unit.

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Cars That Think

JULY 20, 2022

EV owners may be happy to toss Ziggy a fiver if it can hold an open parking spot and deliver electrons to fill up the car’s battery, with no worries over fixed chargers being occupied by other cars. The black-and-white robot is built around a beefy lithium-ion battery, with GPS, camera vision, sensors, speakers and microphone.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Managing a grid with increasing amounts of customer-sited variable generation increases wear and tear on the distribution equipment required to maintain voltage and frequency within acceptable limits and to manage excessive heating of transformers during reverse power flow.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2010

are partnering to bring smart fortwo electric drive vehicles to Connect by Hertz car sharing and Hertz Rent A Car locations in New York; Washington, DC; and San Francisco. kWh lithium-ion battery. The Hertz Corporation and smart USA, a subsidiary of Penske Automotive Group, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2010

OnStar will debut and demonstrate new functionalities it is developing for the Chevrolet Volt mobile application leveraging the Android platform at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, starting 19 May. Display percentage of battery charge level, electric and total ranges.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

San Diego-Carlsbad. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. These metro areas are expected to account for 89% of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in operation through 2022, according to a 2017 Navigant report. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

San Diego-Carlsbad. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara. These metro areas are expected to account for 89% of expected battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in operation through 2022, according to a 2017 Navigant report. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2017

to introduce three additional Battery Electric Vehicle models in California from 2019-2025 according to a schedule specified in the decree. Electrify America has identified 5 metropolitan areas for the cycle 1 investment (Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, and Sacramento).

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