CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 13, 2024

EnergyHub announces that they are collaborating with Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) to improve the electric vehicle (EV) ownership experience.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Toyota Motor North America and Oncor Electric Delivery, a Texas-based electric transmission and distribution company, have agreed to collaborate on a pilot project around vehicle-to-grid (V2G), a technology that allows vehicles to flow energy from their battery back onto the electric grid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

Russelectric, a manufacturer of distributed energy and microgrid control systems for mission-critical commercial facilities that was acquired by Siemens in 2018, has added electrical vehicle charging capabilities at its Hingham, Massachusetts, facility. These Level 2 charging stations have a capacity to charge electric vehicles at up to 7.2

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Electrek

MARCH 25, 2021

Electrified powertrain manufacturer Cummins has delivered what it is calling the first fully operational vehicle-to-grid (V2G) school buses. These buses are manufactured by Blue Bird and powered by Cummins to include DC fast charging and V2G capabilities. Even though Lion Electric started testing the same V2G tech years ago.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Toyota Motor North America recently entered into an agreement with environmental tech nonprofit WattTime to provide certain health and environmental impact data to Toyota and Lexus customers with eligible vehicles to enable them to find ideal charging times to reduce emissions when charging at home.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2021

EV Connect, a California-based software-as-a-service company, is collaborating with the Indiana-based Battery Innovation Center (BIC) and Energy Systems Network (ESN) to deploy Indiana’s first large-scale Vehicle-to-Grid capable charging system to support school bus fleet, HD truck, and other customer segment applications.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Charging and energy are becoming a core business for Volkswagen; the company is building a universal and seamless eco-system for charging its electric models. models and soon also with the technology of bidirectional charging. models and soon also with the technology of bidirectional charging. Charging at home.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2022

SMUD, the US’ sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, announced the Managed Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Pilot, a new electric vehicle program with BMW of North America, Ford and General Motors. Managed EV Charging will make it easier for customers to switch to an EV.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

In addition to reinjecting electricity into the power grid, the bidirectional charger supports a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function for powering electrical appliances directly from the car. A smartphone app used to program bidirectional charging, simply by setting the time when the vehicle is going to be used next and the desired battery level.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2022

V2X includes vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-building (V2B) projects. Sample technical details of the FE-20 include: North America, 3-Phase 5-Wire grid port. 20 kW for both charging and discharging. The FE-20 is made exclusively for Fermata Energy by Heliox. CHAdeMO and CHAdeMO V2H/L. UL certification pending.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Volkswagen Group of America opened a large electric vehicle charge park at the Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) – Silicon Valley Campus. In addition to 11 existing charging stations on campus, a total of 51 new charging stations are now fully operable on the property and accessible to the public.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

—Surya Panditi, Head of Enel X North America. that will be capable of housing a fully-electric fleet of 120 buses and charging infrastructure, as part of the MBTA’s broader plans to design facilities to serve a zero-emissions e-bus fleets. Enel X will work with Microgrid Labs, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

through its US subsidiary EnerNOC, has acquired California-based eMotorWerks, a North American supplier of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, called JuiceBox, and owner and operator of JuiceNet, an Internet of Things (IoT) platform for the smart management of EV charging and other distributed energy storage facilities.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Toyota Motor North America and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) have agreed to collaborate on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles using a Toyota bZ4X.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2015

IHS forecasts that 9% of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in North America will include attached storage in 2018. According to the IHS “Energy Storage in PV Report - 2014,” commercial buildings are subject to peak demand charges, which are based on the maximum power drawn from the grid during the billing period.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute, 8 automakers and 15 utilities are working to develop and to demonstrate an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with smart grid technologies enabling utilities to support PEV charging regardless of location. Automakers and V2G. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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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

APRIL 4, 2024

EV charging and energy management specialist Wallbox and startup Bidirectional Energy have secured $2.2 kW bidirectional charger that enables EV owners to use their EV batteries to power their homes (V2H) or send energy back to the grid (V2G). Quasar 2 is an 11.5 The bidirectional chargers will be installed by Wallbox subsidiary COIL.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2012

Johnson Control is launching a line of Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) lead-acid batteries in North America to support up-and-coming Start-Stop vehicle technology, as well as the higher electrical loads that are increasingly being required of the battery in newer vehicles with combustion engines.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

FreeWire Technologies , a provider of battery-integrated EV charging stations and energy management solutions, has announced Boost Power Pro, the flagship offering within FreeWire’s new Pro Series product line. Units will begin shipping in North America in Q2 2024. The Boost Power Pro and Boost Charger Pro can be reserved today.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2019

(NFI), the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer, have formed New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions, a service dedicated to providing safe, reliable, smart, and sustainable charging and mobility solutions. Earlier post.). —Chris Stoddart, President, New Flyer.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a leading manufacturer of school buses in North America; its exclusive Virginia dealer, Sonny Merryman Inc.; The bus will further participate in a V2G strategy deployed by Highland Electric Transportation and utility provider, National Grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), in cooperation with Duke Energy and non-profit industry initiative Energy Systems Network (ESN), will participate in a joint smart-grid pilot project in Indiana, the United States. The aim of the project will be power-grid load-equalization and the establishment of an optimized vehicle-charging scheme.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Emissions associated with electricity used for battery charging are based on three generation scenarios: the average United States (US) grid mix, a California (CA) average grid mix, and renewable electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

More utilities are recognizing and acting on the necessity of including EV charger data within the calculus of real-time load management and leveraging AI-enabled tools to enhance grid flexibility while enabling the influx of EVs onto the grid. —Frank Fata, Global Head, Utilities at FLO | AddEnergie.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Con Edison has begun using the batteries on five Lion Electric electric school buses to provide power to its customers, marking the first time in New York State that electricity has flowed from buses into a utility’s grid. The charging and discharging takes place at a depot in North White Plains. million customers.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The Replicable V2X Deployment for Schools (RVXDS) project is designed to use school bus fleets to reduce regional grid stresses. Our interest is to establish real-world examples of V2G projects that other districts can easily replicate,” said Greg Hintler, CEO of North America at The Mobility House.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Prior to this modification, California utilities were guided by a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision established in 2010 that exempted light-duty vehicle charging station providers from being regulated as a utility but did not explicitly exempt medium- and heavy-duty charging station providers.

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Electrek

JANUARY 28, 2022

Electrek ‘s Michelle Lewis spoke with head of Enel North America Enrico Viale about why clean energy is better and cheaper than fossil fuels, and why modernizing the grid and battery storage are vital for EV charging and renewables implementation.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 14, 2023

The launch of SWTCH Control, an energy management tool that dynamically modifies the energy used by EV chargers based on a building’s actual energy consumption, was announced today by SWTCH Energy, a pioneer in developing electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions for multi-tenant buildings across North America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

Leclanché North America, part of Switzerland's Leclanché SA; eCAMION, based in Toronto; and SGEM, based in Geneva; will partner to develop and to install a network of 34 fast-charging stations along the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH). eCAMION and Leclanché have formed a Toronto-based joint venture, named FAST Charge Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Siemens eMobility announced that it has worked with Ford on the Ford Charge Station Pro, a custom electric vehicle (EV) charger for the Ford F-150 Lightning. The new charge station also features a peak power of 19.2kW, achieving the maximum power rating currently available for a Level 2 charge station. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. MMNA) is supporting the University of Southern California (USC) and the Viterbi School of Engineering as it develops a special campus-wide Smart Grid “Living Laboratory” project including the use of Mitsubishi i-MiEV 100% electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

Share&Charge was founded by the innogy Innovation Hub. The Share&Charge mobile app connects EV drivers with available residential and commercial EV charging stations and facilitates blockchain-based payments from visiting EV drivers to station owners. —Dietrich Sümmerman of Share&Charge.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The BioCharger is designed to provide off-grid power from vegetative waste. The accompanying charging mechanism allows the stored energy to be used for off-grid EV and machinery charging. The accompanying charging mechanism allows the stored energy to be used for off-grid EV and machinery charging.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Wallbox, a leading provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions worldwide, introduced Quasar 2, the latest generation of its bidirectional home chargers designed specifically for the North American market. —Douglas Alfaro, General Manager of Wallbox North America. Providing up to 11.5

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Eco-Smart and Power Boost come standard with Pulsar Plus, the smallest available smart home EV charger in North America, capable of 48Amp (11.5kW) charging. Eco-Smart uses a power meter to measure the energy from a home’s rooftop solar system to charge an EV in an efficient and sustainable way.

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