Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

GM and ABB partnered to produce a prototype back-up power storage unit that repackages five used Volt batteries into a modular unit that becomes an uninterruptible power supply and grid power balancing system. Click to enlarge. a community energy storage system—built from five used Chevrolet Volt batteries. Duke supports about 4.2

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2022

Significant investments include: Low-Income Zero-Emission Vehicles and Infrastructure: $256 million for low-income consumer purchases, and $900 million to expand affordable and convenient ZEV infrastructure access in low-income neighborhoods.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Teaming with trucking company 4 Gen Logistics, Electrify America is building on its commitment to provide charging infrastructure to the City of Long Beach to support 4 Gen’s 60 electric trucks conducting drayage operations in Southern California.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

The majority of EV service equipment (EVSE) will be networked and managed via information technology (IT) and communications systems that will aggregate power demand and enable a coordinated response to changing grid conditions. Pike Research anticipates that worldwide investment in electric vehicle IT systems will reach $1.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

According to some auto industry estimates, electric vehicle (EV) batteries that can no longer charge to approximately 80% of their original capacity may be candidates for replacement. Duke Energy and ITOCHU’s program builds upon their involvement in Project Plug-IN, a large-scale public/private EV initiative based in Indianapolis.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2023

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and BMW of North America (BMW) are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can serve as a solution to offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability for electric customers, and maximize the usage of renewable energy.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. Now we were an all EV family charging our cars on the free solar energy falling like money from the sky.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. Residents can access about 1,000 charging ports spread over 277 public charging stations , with another 3,500 or so charging ports located at residences. The answer is a nuanced “perhaps.”

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2011

New for the 2011 GEM model year is the energy monitoring system, which allows drivers to determine the total amount of energy in kilowatt-hours (kWh) that the GEM vehicle has removed from the grid. By using the trip meter, odometer switch in the vehicle, drivers can view the energy saving information right on the vehicle’s LCD screen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2020

The Make-Ready Program would improve electric vehicle (EV) charging station economics by covering up to 90% of the costs to “make-ready” a site for EV charging; these costs currently present an economic barrier to EV charging station developers.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Across 80 cities, the company has installed over 1,000 fast charging stations. The Bangalore-based company plans to install more than 2,500 fast chargers as part of the Ather Grid network by the end of 2023. Ather Grid is currently the largest two-wheeler fast-charging network in the country. km per minute.

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Wallbox

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Currently on a daily basis, terms like “bidirectional charging,” “vehicle to grid (V2G)” or “vehicle to home (V2H)” are constantly being used, but do you really know what they are talking about? So let’s talk about bidirectional charging, how it works and discover some more benefits it can provide. Environmentally friendlier.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 28, 2010

GE and Nissan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly research “smart charging&# stations. Both companies will be conducting research separately and collectively, using computer simulations to finetune their software charging systems. smart-grid lab for three years. smart-grid lab for three years.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

The 1 million test miles and more than 26,000 charging events have been accumulated in on-road operations across the United States and Canada. By evaluating how the vehicles are driven and how they are charged, the AVTA is able to demonstrate vehicle energy consumption results and potential electric grid impacts. Earlier post.)

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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

MAY 1, 2019

The ambitious plans includes accelerated goals and new targets such as: Building a “zero-carbon” electricity grid — reaching an accelerated goal of 80% renewable energy supply by 2036 with 100% renewables by 2045. Update the building code to expand EV charging requirements to meet anticipated need. bikeshare, e-scooters, carshare, etc.)—will

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 21, 2024

While it isn’t a standards development organization per se, CharIN works with standards bodies and firms in the EV charging industry to help refine new standards, and to test vehicles and EVSE for interoperability. Q&A with Charging Interface Initiative North America (CharIN) Executive Director Erika Myers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

While OEMs and utilities continue to define and refine hardware standards and communication protocols for smart charging, a tremendous amount of work needs to be done in preparing both the grid and the process to accommodate the expected influx of plug-ins, and to make the process as easy as possible for consumers.

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Driivz

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A Charge Point Operator (CPO) is an eMobility industry player that builds EV charging sites, installs hardware from a variety of electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) vendors, and ensures optimal ongoing EV charging operations. What should Charge Point Operators (CPOs) care about?

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 24, 2025

The system can operate independently from or while connected to the main power grid. Benefits of electric ground support vehicles The microgrid will supply the power to charge the many types of electric vehicles unique to airports. MW of fuel cells and 1.5 Airports employ a vast array of vehicles large and small in their operations.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Detroit now has a quarter-mile length of roadway with the ability to charge properly equipped electric vehicles as they drive. & Leveraging technology from Electreon, MDOT has installed a section of road with inductive-charging coils that will charge electric vehicles (equipped with Electreon receivers) on the go.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2015

The EDI-Drive system automatically adapts its functions so it can operate as either a pure electric vehicle (EV) for trips around the neighborhood, or as a Series Hybrid, optimum for stop-and-go city traffic conditions, or as an efficient Parallel Hybrid that is ideal for the highway.

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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. February 15, 2010.

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Teslarati

MAY 14, 2021

. “Even if all lights go out in the neighborhood, you will still have power. And we can also, in working with the utilities, use the Powerwalls to stabilize the overall grid. Tesla's Virtual Power Plant rescues grid after coal peaker fails, and it's only 2% finished. So that gives people energy security.

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All Cars Electric

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

And the whole neighborhood goes dark. Your EV was the straw that broke the camel's back, the grid already. The lights are on, the dinner is waiting for you in the oven and the kids are watching TV. Before leaving the garage, you plug in your 2011 Nissan Leaf and switch the charger on.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

The grid today could handle many millions of EVs charging late at night when rates are lowest. The garage studies the integration of the electric vehicle into the power grid system where it either charges or discharges to accommodate the owner’s electricity needs. By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 10, 2025

This comes via Reuters , which was informed by BYD of its desire to become the dominant purveyor of "NEVs" (neighborhood electric vehicles) within the region. With the national electrical grid only seeing increased demand over the years, blackouts have become fairly common in certain parts of South Africa.

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EV Connect

APRIL 17, 2023

Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The capacity is there, but to truly handle this new surge in EV grid demand, it will take planning on the part of utility companies across the U.S. grid produced in 2020. Can the Power Grid Handle the Growing EV Demand? neighborhoods and business districts.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Some of the most talked-about electric vehicles are slated to debut later this year and can travel at least 100 miles on a single charge (even if some of them run on an auxiliary gasoline engine when the battery runs low). The Whip is a two-seater that can travel at a top speed of 35 mph for 40 miles per charge; it sells for around $19,000.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 5, 2022

These chargers are typically 6.6kW, require a dedicated 240 or 208 volt line installed with a current rating of 40A, and have a total installation cost in the neighborhood of $2,000. Level 1 charging (standard 120 volt outlet) provides a 1.5kW rate of charge, and for the usual 8-hour work day, equates to 12kWh of charge.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Anyone who would deploy any kind of large-scale EV charging project needs to work closely (and early) with their local electrical utility. Since 2010, OUC, a municipally-owned public utility, has installed hundreds of public charging stations, some powered by solar arrays. Q&A with the Orlando Utilities Commission’s Peter Westlake.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It is also the only PHEV with DC Fast Charging capability (CHAdeMO). The system features a front-mounted generator that converts mechanical power to electricity and continuously charges the drive battery, while a Power Drive Unit (PDU) helps to convert the electric power and send it to the front motor. Battery Charge Mode.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Obvious applications for the EV ARC include off-grid and/or temporary charging needs, such as events of disaster relief (a few of these would have come in handy here in St. Multiple corporate offices will each install three BeamSpot systems for EV charging and street lighting. Pete, Florida recently).

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. You also must consider the electricity that charges the vehicle. And that much more vehicle charging would then put great pressure on our electricity grids.

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Driivz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

As EV adoption accelerates globally, EV charging data and analytics are becoming increasingly important in planning new EV charging infrastructure and the grid capacity that will be needed for charging. Planning the EV Charging Infrastructure of Tomorrow. Planning the EV Charging Infrastructure of Tomorrow.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Curbside charging is emerging as the solution to the problem of charging EVs in dense urban neighborhoods. Enter Beam Global , which has seen a lot of success with its solar-powered off-grid EV charging solution. The company has just launched a new product aimed squarely at the curbside EV charging market.

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