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PG&E and Ford collaborate on bidirectional electric vehicle charging technology in customers’ homes

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PG&E and Ford will test the F-150 Lightning and its Intelligent Backup Power bidirectional charging capabilities in providing backup power for customers’ homes in PG&E’s service area. Through collaborations with automakers like Ford, we are innovating together for a cleaner, safer and brighter future for all.

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MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

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Assessments of GHG emissions from light-duty vehicles should take a cradle-to-grave life cycle perspective and capture important regional effects. We report the first regionally explicit (county-level) life cycle assessment of the use of lightweighting and electrification for light-duty vehicles in the U.S. —Wu et al. 9b00648.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

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No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. These V2H/V2G-enabled vehicles offer some three to 10 days powering the fridge and lights in case the power goes down.

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Chesapeake Energy to invest some $1B over 10 years to support natural gas demand, infrastructure and end-use technologies; $305M in initial investments in Clean Energy Fuels and Sundrop Fuels

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Chesapeake also announced $305 million in two initial investments for CNGV: $150 million to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Chesapeake has agreed to invest $150 million in newly issued convertible debt of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., per gallon cheaper than gasoline and diesel; and. —Aubrey K. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. conversion premium.

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