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AUGUST 23, 2022

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have used machine learning techniques that incorporate charging data to create unique charging protocols for superfast charging methods tailored to different types of electric vehicle batteries. Charging EV Li-ion batteries is a balancing act. —Eric Dufek, Ph.D.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 4, 2021

The most popular new articles last week on CleanTechnica were led by a short (and unusual) Tesla Model Y review, a potential new policy in Idaho regarding wolves (yes, not our typical focus area), a certain simple hybrid, and JB Straubel’s newfound business love post-Tesla. For the whole list and to jump into the reader […].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2020

A team from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Idaho National Laboratory has produced a detailed assessment of the current levelized cost of light-duty electric-vehicle charging (LCOC) in the United States, considering when, where, and how EVs are charged. The cost to charge an EV (i.e., from $0.08/kWh

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 22, 2024

Payment issues can affect electric vehicle (EV) drivers’ charging experiences. EV charging should be accessible, convenient, and reliable, and payment issues affect both accessibility and reliability.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The US Departments of Transportation and Energy announced nearly $5 billion that will be made available under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program to build out a national electric vehicle charging network. These corridors will be the backbone of the new national EV charging network. California.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2017

The governors of Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to create a unified regional electric vehicle plan to allow electric vehicles to recharge and travel easily along the 5,000 miles of freeways in the western region. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

U-M, with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory, won a three-year, $2.7 Idaho National Laboratory will consult on the project to provide guidance about data collection and analysis. million grant from DOE to fund the research.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2018

New research from Idaho National Laboratory suggests that electric vehicle drivers could face longer fast charging times when temperatures drop. The reason: cold temperatures impact the electrochemical reactions within the cell, and onboard battery management systems limit the charging rate to avoid damage to the battery.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2022

Available power at various states of charge. Although cycle life testing at Energy Assurance is ongoing, Zenlabs’ internal test data has demonstrated greater than 700 cycles for this cell configuration when measured at 1C (one hour) charge/discharge rates. Power tested using a 12C rate (~394 A), 30 sec pulses at 30° Celsius.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) is the lead lab for the codes and standards pillar, supported by consortium members National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We are excited to continue supporting Oregon’s leading transit agencies in delivering sustainable, accessible, and efficient transportation solutions, and also look forward to expanded mobility in the states of Washington, Idaho, and Alaska. Tri-Met welcomes its first battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE transit bus. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2022

On Tuesday, two organizations by the names of ChargeWest and Utah Clean Cities (UCC) announced the creation of the “West Electric Highway”, developing electric vehicle charging infrastructure along strategic corridors and within points of interest. is in desperate need of EV charging. What do you think of the article?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The SAE Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) and Alignment team has been working with the Idaho National Lab and US Department of Energy (DOE) regarding testing for the validation of WPT 1-2 (3.7-7.7kW) All of this with a specification to charge with high efficiencies over an air gap of 250mm (10 inches). Earlier post.). 7.7kW) in 2016.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Scientists from Idaho National Laboratory and the University of California San Diego have shown that slow, low-energy charging causes lithium atoms to deposit on electrodes in a disorganized way that improves charging behavior. —Gorakh Pawar, an INL staff scientist and one of the paper’s two lead authors.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and TDK R&D Corporation, along with the US Department of Energy (DOE), automotive companies and suppliers have completed bench testing to support the SAE Technical Information Report (TIR) J2954. Automated wireless charging can also be done in conjunction optionally with autonomous parking. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A new flow battery aims to relieve EV fast-charging bottlenecks and free up more critical materials for EV batteries, too. The post New Flow Battery To Be Tested At 1970’s Gas Station Rehabbed For EV Charging appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Specifically, two presentations from KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) and SAE International addressed the interdependence of standardization, autonomous electric vehicles and wireless charging. “ How are multiple choices for conductive charging going to work for autonomous vehicles? Uooyeol Yoon ( ET News ).

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JULY 18, 2009

Exide Technologies entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and the University of Idaho to develop and commercialize improvements on lead-acid battery technology for applications including hybrid electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2013

Evatran has logged more than 1,500 hours of charging time on its Plugless L2 wireless charging systems installed across the country through its Apollo Trial Program. More than 15 installations are now complete, with the final installations slated for mid-August. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

WiTricity is collaborating with Nissan to further the adoption of wireless EV charging systems. Products developed by carmakers, Tier 1 suppliers and charging infrastructure suppliers will be measured against 3.7 kW test stations (WPT 1 and WPT2; the J2954 team also envisions light duty charging rates of 11 kW (WPT3) and 22 kW (WPT4).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

SAE International is engaged with the Idaho National Lab and US Department of Energy (DOE) in bench-testing of WPT 3 (11 kW) levels in 2017, said Jesse Schneider, chair of the SAE J2954 task force, in his presentation at the SAE 2017 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium last week in San Diego. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Idaho National Laboratory researchers recently released independent testing results of a wireless charging system designed for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). kW Level 2 Charging System, uses inductive technology to wirelessly charge a PEV’s traction battery, which powers the vehicle. Source: INL. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The HERE-SBD Automotive EV Index highlights, since 2020, US state-level and European country-level leaders and laggards based on various critical metrics, including the number of charging points (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment), vehicle registrations, geography, and road network length. Highlights of the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2016

This first in a series of documents will enable consumers to simply park their vehicles into spaces equipped with TIR J2954 equipment and walk away without doing anything to charge their PH/EV. with the same charging ability. with the same charging ability. —Jesse Schneider. 7.7kW (WPT 2) specified in TIR J2954.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2021

integration charges and imbalance penalties) and overcome suboptimal technical requirements or limited participation models for the provision of services (e.g., Hybridization can also help mitigate financial penalties for variable resources (e.g., capacity or ancillary services).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2016

With wireless charging quickly becoming mainstream for consumer electronic devices in low power applications, standardization is needed for commercialization of high power wireless power transfer (WPT) of PH/EVs. The current SAE Standard SAE J1772 establishes the wired charging standard.). with the same charging ability.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

kW), 11 kW wireless charging is a big step towards commercialization for electric vehicles. During charging, the magnetic energy created by the GA Coil is coupled to the VA Coil. Wireless charging is convenient due to its non-contactless nature. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Currently, there is bench testing underway at Idaho National Lab (INL) between automotive and supplier WPT systems, coordinated by the SAE J2954 Team and the US Department of Energy (DOE). —Jesse Schneider (BMW), Chair of the SAE Wireless Charging Taskforce.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Coulomb Technologies has installed its first ChargePoint networked electric vehicle charging station in Michigan from the $37-million ChargePoint America program. ChargePoint America will offer hundreds of free stations for public and home charging to individuals and businesses throughout southern Michigan. Sacramento, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Idaho National Laboratory has released the voluminous findings from its analysis of five large-scale PEV and charging infrastructure projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The key finding of INL’s assessment of the results was that public charging infrastructure is not needed everywhere to enable PEV adoption.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2017

The Taskforce members have agreed on specifications for the SAE J2954 Test Stations, which automakers will use as a basis to develop their wireless charging systems, and to verify that they will interoperate with charging systems and vehicles sold by other makers. Earlier post.). The Taskforce agreed that the WPT1 (3.7 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

Additionally, based on a GM study of more than 300 Volts in service in California for more than 30 months, many owners are exceeding the EPA-rated label of 35 miles of EV range per full charge, with about 15% surpassing 40 miles of range. Volt owners are doing more than 63% of their overall driving in EV mode.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

In a new report, “ Wireless Charging Systems for Electric Vehicles ”, Navigant Research forecasts that worldwide sales of wireless EV charging equipment for light-duty vehicles will grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 108% from 2013 to 2022, reaching annual sales of slightly less than 302,000 units in 2022. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Public charging infrastructure isn’t actually needed everywhere to accomplish wider electric-vehicle adoption. That’s one potentially surprising conclusion resulting from a new analysis of charging habits, released by the Idaho National Laboratory this week. The results from the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

TDK and Idaho National Laboratory will provide the view from labs. Hybrid J2954 Wireless Charging Task Force Committee. Toyota, Nissan and GM will provide technology application examples, while Lear, Witricity and Qualcomm will discuss their particular technologies. The room is limited to 50 people.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2020

These include hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric engines, and related infrastructure investments such as charging stations. The City and Borough of Juneau will receive funds to purchase new electric buses to replace aging diesel buses and associated charging infrastructure. Idaho Department of Transportation. Description.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

Coulomb Technologies has installed its first Networked Charging Station for electric vehicles in San Jose, California from its $37 million ChargePoint America program ( earlier post ). Installation of the ChargePoint charging stations is underway now in all nine regions. Sacramento, Calif.,

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