Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Its 20 kW design allows for quick and easy installation on widely available 3 x 32A low-cost grid connections. This past summer ABB participated in interoperability workshops with BMW and Volkswagen demonstrating successful charging of the next generation CCS compatible EVs.

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San Diego Los Angeles Charging BMW 296

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and American Honda Motor Co., have entered into an agreement to create ChargeScape, LLC, a new equally-owned company that will create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

Researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are identifying battery second use (B2U) strategies capable of offsetting vehicle expenses while improving utility grid stability. It is estimated that a critical mass of used PEV batteries will become available beginning in 2030.

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Grid Batteries Battery Energy Storage 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Enable smart charging and vehicle grid integration through solutions such as demand response, and other energy storage and load management strategies. National Grid. Berkshire Hathaway Energy. California Air Resources Board. Indianapolis Power & Light Company. Kansas City Power & Light. Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. The car can refuel during periods of low demand on the grid, and if equipped with a bi-directional charger, can actually replenish the grid with excess energy gleaned from a renewable resource. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

BMW, Daimler and VW are proposing a global OSI-Layer based standardization of smart charge communication. Currently, there are two primary and parallel standardization efforts for vehicle to grid communications: a joint ISO/IEC working group and an EPRI/SAE effort. Source: Oestreicher/Preuschoff/Bogenberger. Click to enlarge.

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Standards BMW Global Charging 256

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

These electrode assemblies are then sandwiched together with conventional separators and positive electrodes to make the battery, which is filled with an acid electrolyte, sealed and connected in series to the other cells. Axion has been working with BMW since 2009, and is currently in vehicle testing. PbC battery. Click to enlarge.

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