EV Connect

APRIL 12, 2021

The future of electric vehicle infrastructure is here, but adding charging stations to rural communities across California is just one step toward. That makes charging station availability crucial. However, the need for a widely available electric vehicle infrastructure charging network only grows more urgent with each year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

BMW of North America and the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) are partnering on a year-long field study to determine the viability of electric vehicles. Tom Turrentine, director of UC Davis’ PHEV Research Center. Residential charging stations have been installed in the garages of MINI E drivers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

EVgo, America’s largest public fast-charging network for electric vehicles (EVs), has launched a commercial installation of second-life battery storage at a public DC fast charging station. Reusing batteries as backup for charging is a win-win for the economics and the environmental benefits of EVs.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Val Miftakhov , also a member of the chapter, founded Electric Motorworks , where he first converted BMWs to electric and then moved onto manufacturing JuiceBox charging stations. Once held on the Stanford University campus, “The chapter had a rally course in downtown Palo Alto,” Pohorsky recalled. “It It’s very cool."

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2017

Responding to consumer demand for fast-charging stations, PG&E proposes to complement state and privately funded fast charger deployments with new electric infrastructure. In prior years, this type of infrastructure has been slow to develop due to the high costs and complexity of installations.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

“Energy” companies are poised to receive the lion’s share of $50 million dollars to install a few more H2 filling stations. The National Hydrogen Association (members include Chevron, GM, Shell, Toyota, Honda, CARB and UC Davis), the California Hydrogen Business Council, and the US Fuel Cell Council are not happy with Chu’s cuts.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The critical role that EV charging infrastructure plays in accelerating adoption rates is increasingly evident. It would be a mistake to believe the answer is simply the wide deployment of public charging stations scattered like gas stations along corridors and neighborhoods. We have provided sample emails and talking points. (1)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2013

Each system comprises electronic components that can be used with a variety of batteries and motors and installed on conventional medium- and heavy-duty chassis, modifying them into all-electric battery operated vehicles that have no tailpipe emissions. Currently, these powertrains are primarily installed in shuttle buses and delivery trucks.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The critical role that EV charging infrastructure plays in accelerating adoption rates is increasingly evident. It would be a mistake to believe the answer is simply the wide deployment of public charging stations scattered like gas stations along corridors and neighborhoods. We have provided sample emails and talking points. (1)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

and UC-Davis Emeritus and Catherine JJ DeMauro. He holds more than 35 patents (12 of which belong to UC Davis), has published more than 100 papers, and is an internationally recognized subject matter expert. He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. slow charge.

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

UC Davis research points to a shift in the mindset of EV buyers. “They’re called the ‘original majority’,” said Gil Tal, director of the university’s Centre for Electric Vehicle Research. ” At the same time, the charging infrastructure in the United States is improving rapidly. .”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

To field test its analysis findings, NREL and DOE supported establishing the world’s first fully integrated energy storage system consisting of multiple heterogeneous reused vehicle batteries on the campus of project partner University of California – San Diego (UCSD). Systems Integrators and Installers.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is Hymotions San Francisco-based distributor/installer. Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers. Go to Hymotion.com. Green Gears, Inc.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. In nearby Silicon Valley, companies are ordering workplace charging stations in the belief that their employees will be first in line when electric cars begin arriving in showrooms.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

They reinforce the Pacific National Labs January 2007 findings that we wont have to build new power plants for cars that charge at night. Plus more people are installing rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, and clean wind power is vastly expanding nationally (see study by eminent environmentalist Lester Brown cited at CalCars Kudos ).

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2009

The BMW MINI E is one of the most exciting and head turning electric car concepts and now it is being put to the test thanks to a partnership between BMW and the University of California at Davis. The vehicle reportedly has a 100 mile range on a single charge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Vehicles converted by Professor Andy Frank and his team at the UC Davis Hybrid Center are listed at our History of PHEVs page , with further info at www.team-fate.net. University of Manitoba by Hymotion, April 2007 (Winnipeg, Manitoba), contact eric_bibeau@umanitoba.ca At the bottom of this page, weve begun a list of PHEV Schoolbuses.

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