Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2012

IBM has teamed with ESB ecars to implement a fully integrated smarter charging IT system that will help manage electric vehicle public charge points, which are being rolled out across Ireland by ESB ecars. This project is bolstered by Ireland’s energy policy to increase sustainable energy use in the transportation sector by 2020.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

However, for EVs to fully realize their potential as a clean transportation option, a reliable and convenient charging infrastructure, including smart EV charging and renewable energy sources, must be in place. Why is Smart EV Charging Important?

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

As interest in AI surges, so too has scrutiny of the technology’s energy intensity and its corresponding burden on data centres and power grids. Chemix , an AI-powered EV battery developer, has completed a USD 20 million Series A funding round, led by Ibex Investors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. This project will demonstrate and test an electric vehicle’s ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid condition and the vehicle’s battery state.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio has completed 40 mn battery swaps so far, CEO William Li said on Thursday, replacing depleted batteries with fully charged packs, rather than plugging the vehicle into a charging point. Nio is one of a handful of EV makers betting on battery swapping as a major power option for EVs.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2024

The partnership will leverage technologies from both companies seeking to lower the so-called “full life cycle” costs of batteries – key for the operating costs of Nio’s thousands of battery-swapping and charging stations, William Li, Nio’s founder and CEO, told reporters in Beijing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers conveniently to charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices. —Dieter Gantenbein, leader of the Smart Grid research project at IBM Research – Zurich.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2018

The report outlines the key factors contributing to successful developments and identifies key lessons to be learned, providing insights for countries currently developing their electric mobility strategies. The Nordic countries represent the third-largest electric-car market by sales, after China and the United States. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2012

IBM is working with ZSE on the charging stations between Vienna and Bratislava s part of the VIBRATe e-mobility project. This highway will interconnect the two cities with a network of public charging stations for electric vehicles. Click to enlarge. IBM has teamed with Západoslovenská energetika, a.s. —ZSE.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2012

simplifying electric vehicle (EV) charging and payment for consumers, regardless of their location. The B2B Marketplace operational demonstration will allow energy providers, car manufacturers, and charging point owners to share and integrate services on one common IT platform.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) are two-way communication technologies that involve the flow of electricity between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. These technologies are part of the broader concept known as smart charging or bidirectional charging.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

and SWM are in charge of expanding and maintaining the charging infrastructure in the Munich metropolitan area. and SWM have installed a demand-oriented charging infrastructure—SWM within Munich city limits and E.ON All electric fueling stations offer power generated via renewable energies.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

The energy will be fed into the energy balancing market to balance out short-term fluctuations in the power grid. It provides enough output in mathematical terms to supply 30 four-person households with power for seven days. Bosch is in charge of integrating the batteries and managing the system.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

It is working with mobility companies to provide charging stations and battery-swapping stations for e-bikes and other e-vehicles throughout the country, he says. “We The project received support from Power Africa and USAID. Orajaka says he anticipates the number of employees to increase from 68 to 90 this year.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, providing exclusive parking spaces equipped with charging infrastructure encourages EV adoption and reduces the competition for parking spaces, a common contributor to traffic congestion. Public Charging Stations: Smart cities recognize the importance of providing convenient access to charging for EV owners.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network, is rapidly expanding both its technical capability with the introduction of its modular Express Plus EV fast-charging platform (up to 400 kW) ( earlier post ) as well as its geographic reach with its expansion into Europe ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2009

The field tests with the MINI E as part of Project i in the US and Europe have already provided insights into the demands required of future production electric vehicles. The pack enables a range of about 160 km / 100 miles on a single charge, depending on conditions (FTP72 cycle range is calculated to be 240 km / 150 miles in simulation).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

By the middle of next year, 20 Audi A1 e-tron ( earlier post ) models will successively take to the region’s roads and around 200 new charging stations will be installed. It will address a number of issues from the data transfer between the driver, vehicle and electric filling station to the power grid. miles) of range.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

As EVs proliferate, and more vehicle segments electrify, the need for interoperability of charging infrastructure is coming into sharp focus, and that’s what the Charging Interface Initiative, aka CharIN, is all about. Charged : Can you give us a quick summary of CharIN’s mission? megawatts (3,000 amps at 1,500 volts).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant. Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants?

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