Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

The general principle for bidirectional charging is EVs can either feed power from a charged vehicle back into the house (vehicle-to-home or V2H) or interact with the electric grid itself (vehicle-to-grid or V2G). So you essentially need to buy everything from the same provider.”

GM 93

GM Ford Power Powered 93

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority will receive funding to execute a second phase of its electric bus program to install charging infrastructure (on-route & charging bank for depot chargers) and buy electric buses. VIA’s use of 100% renewable grid power ensures the battery electric buses will truly be zero emissions. 500,000.

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Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet 191

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. For an extended discussion see Appendix C).

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

CPI) shortly after GM selected CPI and its parent LG Chem as the provider for the Li-ion batteries for the Extended Range Electric Vehicle (E-REV) Chevy Volt. (GM power providers) to buy the battery and lease them to the customer we can make the lease payment very attractive in the end. If you get a consortium of companies (i.e.

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Li-ion Power Powered Market 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Relevant plug-in vehicles that drive customer demand and are connected; Enabling technologies like advanced batteries and sophisticated software controls; A capable/green grid; and, Plug-in ready communities with supporting policies. Mark Duvall of EPRI said the grid would be able to handle “ as many [plug-ins] as you want. ”

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Plug-in Plug San Francisco GM 199

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

One of the biggest challenges to the nations power grid "is going to be the introduction of electric vehicles," said Dana Christiansen, associate director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has partnered with Nissan, TVA and the state of Tennessee to help develop the charging infrastructure to support the vehicles.

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Tennessee Nissan Electric Cars Cars 53

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. The upside of having 20% market share is that 80% of the people in America aren’t buying your products so they have growth potential. Build better products. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262