Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Once ramped, Sella 2 will enable SolarEdge to have its own supply of lithium-ion batteries and the infrastructure to develop new battery cell chemistries and technologies. The SolarEdge DC optimized inverter seeks to maximize power generation while lowering the cost of energy produced by the PV system.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks. Heavy-duty fleets have unique charging characteristics and needs.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The company has focused on developing its own technology, and now offers not only complete vehicles, but also a broad range of components, including electric drivetrain systems, control software, bidirectional charging systems, modular batteries, battery management systems and more. Rakesh Koneru: That’s true.

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Driivz

MAY 15, 2023

is evaluating legislation to mandate bidirectional V2G charging capabilities for all EVs and EV charging equipment sold in the state after January 1, 2027. Some are already available via partnerships between automakers, home EV charging manufacturers, and other participants. It has the potential to be a win-win for all.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2011

The Grid Integration Tech Team (GITT), comprising the domestic automotive industry, electric utilities, and DOE programs and national laboratories, identifies two major task areas that need to be undertaken to achieve its vision of transitioning EVs from early market acceptance to mainstream adoption of millions of vehicles by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

Working with a select group of BMW i3 drivers, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to improved electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The company has focused on developing its own technology, and now offers not only complete vehicles, but also a broad range of components, including electric drivetrain systems, control software, bidirectional charging systems, modular batteries, battery management systems and more. Rakesh Koneru: That’s true.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Siemens Energy Management Division has teamed with Duke Energy and Ford to demonstrate the results of an 18-month effort to reduce the cost and expand electric vehicle charging technologies. Held at the Duke Energy Envision Center in Erlanger, Ky., In 2012, Siemens was awarded $1.6

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Setec Powerr

APRIL 18, 2023

While electric cars have many benefits, such as reduced emissions and lower fuel costs, they also present unique challenges when it comes to maintaining the charging infrastructure they require. About 5 percent of the connectors had cables that were too short to connect to the EV’s charging port and, therefore, did not work.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Groupe Renault is beginning the first large-scale pilot schemes in alternating-current, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging in electric vehicles. Groupe Renault places the reversible charger inside vehicles, so it just requires a simple, inexpensive adaptation of the existing charging terminals to implement V2G charging.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2021

The Volkswagen Group presented its technology roadmap for batteries and charging up to 2030 today on its first “Power Day”. The goal of the roadmap is to reduce the complexity and cost of the battery significantly in order to make the electric car attractive and viable for as many people as possible. —Thomas Schmall.

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EV Box

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations can add a substantial load onto your building’s power supply, often requiring upgrades to your grid connection to prevent overloading it. Cluster load balancing can help intelligently distribute the ava ilable c apacity between EV charging stations. What is cluster load balancing?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2012

A new policy brief published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) International Transport Forum (ITF) notes that existing electricity systems will need to be reconfigured to support the widespread adoption of electric mobility and suggests that Smart Grid technologies and EVs and EVs could be mutually beneficial.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The company has focused on developing its own technology, and now offers not only complete vehicles, but also a broad range of components, including electric drivetrain systems, control software, bidirectional charging systems, modular batteries, battery management systems and more. Rakesh Koneru: That’s true.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The pilot offer combines an innovative, high-powered energy storage solution with ultrafast charging and a standardized micro-grid energy system where the required solution can be complemented with renewable electricity generation on-site or through the grid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

The report, Bucks for balancing: can plug-in vehicles of the future extract cash—and carbon—from the power grid? , is based on a research collaboration between a team of engineers from Ricardo and National Grid, the operator of the high voltage electricity transmission system within Great Britain (GB). Click to enlarge.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Yet standing in the way of adoption are myths about EV charging that date from the early days of electrification and still persist. Read on as we bust those myths and shed some light on the state of EV charging today. In Europe, 93% of the population has the option to use 100% renewable power for charging vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

The two companies have agreed to collaborate on the following activities: Introduction of V2G services in the European market; Exploring the use of second-life EV batteries for stationary applications (including households, buildings, grid); and. Designing and evaluating potential affordable energy and mobility pack offers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

announced a battery and power electronics development and supply agreement and an investment in eNow, Inc., Under the terms of the agreement, XL Fleet will supply battery and power electronics systems for the first 1,000 units of eNow’s new electrified refrigerated trailer solutions. XL Fleet Corp.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

federal government is actively facilitating EV adoption, aiming to simplify the purchasing process for consumers , encourage companies to electrify their fleets , and assist businesses in installing EV charging stations. Incorporating a BES system can aid in lowering the operational costs of a DC fast charger.

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My Energi

JUNE 7, 2024

Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of myenergi, addresses concerns from the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) over rising public charging costs, questions whether high prices are really having a negative impact on vehicle sales, and explains the numerous solutions available for drivers to embrace more cost effective charging options.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 24, 2023

This surge in EV adoption necessitates a robust and efficient charging infrastructure. However, building an EV charging site is not a straightforward task. Understanding the EV Charging Landscape The first step towards building an EV charging site is understanding the landscape.

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

Those vehicles are hungry for electrons, driving growth in charging stations and the infrastructure to support them. The beating heart of EV charging lies in the software and management systems that enable this dynamic market. EV charging software manages much more than just topping up the battery in an electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In addition to concerted research efforts, the Roadmap’s approach includes accelerating the transition of technologies from the lab to the marketplace, focusing on ways to manufacture competitively technologies at scale in the United States, and ensuring secure supply chains to enable domestic manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2023

In addition, the engineers’ work to optimize the active (semiconductors) and passive (capacitors and wound inductive components) components has enabled a reduction in the volume and cost of the charger. The solution is compatible with the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards of the networks and the car.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding nearly $7 million in research and development funding to four projects to reduce the current costs of electric vehicle chargers by 50% over the next three years. The four projects selected will leverage additional investments from the industry grantees. Siemens Corporate Research.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

For companies that invest in EV charging, deploying battery storage can reduce power demand charges. Charging on demand is a tricky part of EV charging station operation. So do you know what a demand charge is? Baseline Charges. This is typically a set fee that everyone pays just to be part of the grid.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Well, there is now a “takeaway” charging service that just provides a power bank-style power supply. Among them is a start-up company located in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, which is considered by everyone to be the “Ele.me” or “Meituan Waimai” in the field of electric vehicle charging.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

These will be charged using energy from renewable sources. A network of open access charging points will be set up for exchanging depleted battery containers for ready-charged replacements, thereby keeping waiting time to a minimum. The concept is based on the use of replaceable battery containers, to be known as “ZESPacks”.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 3, 2024

With the start of a new year, it’s time to plan new resolutions for charging programs at your properties. Charge anxiety is the fear that a charger won’t work or will be too busy to use when needed. As an EV charger site host, you can help assuage charge anxiety by putting an emphasis on maintaining your chargers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In the UK, Western Power Distribution and Ricardo are leading a new project—DC share—that will develop and trial a novel solution to use latent capacity in distribution networks to power charging hubs. The project aims to use latent capacity in distribution networks, which is difficult to access using traditional means.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Pennsylvania Turnpike is attempting to power its EV charging stations with solar power facilities along the highway. One of the biggest challenges facing EV charging is the question of profitability. EV charging suppliers are torn between energy costs, expansion needs, and remaining price competitive (to name a few factors).

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Driivz

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They are quieter, cleaner, have better acceleration, and cost less to keep running because electricity is cheaper than diesel and EVs require less maintenance than their ICE counterparts. Fleet operators have to purchase EVs, purchase, install and manage depot EV charging infrastructure, retrain drivers, and transition maintenance staff.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2017

Jedlix , a subsidiary of Dutch renewable energy company Eneco, has made its smart charging app available to all home-charging Tesla drivers. A previously conducted test among 40 Tesla drivers demonstrated that the app increases the share of renewable energy in the battery and reduces costs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2014

Discharge mode is shown; the arrows are reversed for electrolytic/charge mode. In a paper in Nature , they suggest that the use of such redox-active organic molecules instead of redox-active metals represents a new and promising direction for realizing massive electrical energy storage at greatly reduced cost. Cell schematic.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

Some charging operators assume they need the highest-power DC chargers available, but it makes more sense to choose the right power levels for the use case of each specific charging site. The best companies work closely with their customers to help them choose the most cost-effective hardware for their specific needs.

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