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BYD introduces Type A battery-electric school bus with V2G technology

Green Car Congress

BYD introduced its Type A battery-electric school bus that also offers innovative vehicle-to-grid technology, allowing the vehicle to serve as a power storage resource when it’s not transporting students. —Samuel Kang, BYD’s Head of Total Technology Solutions. BYD also provides 19.2 kW single phase AC charging.

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The ultimate guide to buying an EV in Australia: This is everything you need to know

EV Central

They include the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive variants as well as the BYD Atto 3. AC/DC EV charging In the brochure you may have noticed mentions of AC and DC charging. All you need to know is that AC charging is slower and DC charging faster. But DC charge rates can vary enormously.

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

Zeem is able to offer a cost per mile below that of diesel, thanks to California subsidies. And they assigned us every bit of capacity that was available on the grid. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech is a hot topic these days. Paul Gioupis: We’re very mindful of the grid pull. The pioneer of vehicle­-to-grid is part of my team.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. At the cabinet end, we have an advantage over plug-in charging because one of the key power transfer stages in the power electronics is an isolation transformer, an air-gap transformer, which is protecting the vehicle from the grid and vice-versa.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: GSP | Apr 14, 2009 9:07:50 AM Funny, BYD (chinese) already came out with their version of the volt this year. Notice in [link] that GM carefully avoids claiming to reduce CO2 by shifting to the grid, but leads people off the track by focusing on smog related issues. So is the management in Washinton DC.

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