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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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Leclanché secures $76M in funding, $51M facility for acquisitions and joint ventures in e-Transport and stationary grid-based storage markets

Green Car Congress

The new funding follows Leclanché’s full year 2017 results announcement on 3 May 2018 that it is expected to be EBITDA positive by 2020, supported by an order book of over 50 MWh, contributing CHF 40-50 million of revenue in 2018, and a milestone of 100MWh of energy storage systems in operation by 2018.

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Ford Books 120,000 Reservations For F-150 Lightning

CleanTechnica EVs

Ford says it has taken 120,000 reservations for the F-150 Lightning in just 2 months.

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FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

Green Car Congress

FreeWire’s proprietary battery-integrated charging technology, Boost Charger, addresses grid constraints by packaging charging infrastructure, grid infrastructure, and energy storage into a fully-integrated compact solution. FreeWire aims to deploy more than 5,000 ultrafast battery-integrated chargers by 2025.

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SFC Energy starts production of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells in India

Green Car Congress

SFC’s customers in India already include public sector clients and civilian users of clean hydrogen- and methanol-based power where grid supply is not available or not stable enough. Most recently, the company booked major orders worth €33 million for fuel cell-based energy supply for the Indian armed forces.

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Demand Response Management for EVs

Blink Charging

In 2023, Kelley Blue Book reported an unprecedented purchase of 1,189,051 electric vehicles in the United States alone, while global EV sales are projected to range between 9.6 Last year, Blink introduced a new demand response feature, enhancing grid management alongside existing local load management capabilities.

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Bill McKibben’s Comments on GRID Alternatives and Rooftop Solar in an Exclusive Greenius Video

Creative Greenius

Times Book Festival appearance at UCLA. I asked Bill about the work my friends at GRID Alternative are doing and his thoughts on the adoption of rooftop solar in this final segment of my video interview with him. The Greenius asks Bill McKibben a question at his L.A. The 2010 focus for 350.org They’re not ready to give up.

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