Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The advantage is that fast-charging infrastructure can be built nearly anywhere, even if in places with a low-capacity grid connection. wo other central German companies—AW Automotive and Automotive Research—were involved in the realization of the project. Residential areas are one example of where this could be used.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

To keep those EVs powered up, there are 2,065 Level 2 chargers and 260 DC fast chargers in Con Edison’s service territory, more than 400 of them added in 2021. DC fast chargers provide 480 volts, offering 180 miles or more per hour of charging. Managed well, EV charging could bring many benefits for the electric grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Electrify America is investing $2 million in solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in rural California that are not tied to the electrical grid. Electrify America is sourcing the chargers from Envision Solar, a San Diego-based sustainable technology company. Each standalone station is equipped with a 4.28-kilowatt

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2013

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the California Energy Commission today unveiled a utility-scale sodium-sulfur battery energy storage system ( earlier post ) pilot project to better balance power needs of the electric grid. The system has a 4 megawatt capacity, and can store more than six hours of energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

JERA, the largest power generation company in Japan, responsible for about 30% of Japan’s electricity, and Toyota Motor have built and deployed the first large-capacity “Sweep Energy Storage System”. The project plans to operate grid storage batteries for recharge and discharge operations, connected to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2011

have been selected as contractors for a joint US-Japan collaboration supporting a Smart Grid project on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The project is supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in cooperation with the State of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hitachi, Ltd.,

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

federal government is actively facilitating EV adoption, aiming to simplify the purchasing process for consumers , encourage companies to electrify their fleets , and assist businesses in installing EV charging stations. Incorporating a BES system can aid in lowering the operational costs of a DC fast charger.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded power management company Eaton $4.9 million for a program to reduce the cost and complexity of deploying direct-current (DC) fast electric vehicle charging infrastructure (EVCI). Yet, current charging technology can be prohibitively expensive to deploy on a large scale.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has deployed the first electric vehicle (EV) aggregation system using the new Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standard for bidirectional power using direct current (DC) fast charging. The SPIDERS project is led by Burns and McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Volta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging and media company, announced that a project application it collaborated on with Imagen Energy, a developer of compact high-power EV chargers, was awarded a $12-million grant from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Eos’s standard Aurora 1000|4000 product, a containerized 1 MW DC battery system providing four continuous hours of discharge, offers a cost-effective energy storage solution competitive with gas peaking generation and utility distribution infrastructure. With a 30-year life, Eos is can provide peak electricity at a levelized cost of $0.12-0.17

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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. In Germany, the Volkswagen brand also offers a suitable electricity supply contract with “Volkswagen Naturstrom”, to guarantee fully certified green electricity from renewable energies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2020

American shipbuilding company Vigor Fab LLC has selected ABB as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions to the Washington State Ferry fleet—the largest US ferry system. Also, a DC- and power-electronics-based power system provides a solid platform for digital solutions onboard a vessel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

(MHI), jointly with SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), will begin an energy storage system demonstration project using the power grid in the UK’s Orkney Islands, which has a high proportion of renewable energy generation in relation to demand.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2021

The first call for the newly issued funding was published yesterday; from 31 August, companies, cities and municipalities, public institutions and private individuals can submit funding applications. The grid connection belonging to a subsidized charging point or the combination of grid connection and buffer storage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

Small and medium-sized companies can apply for funding from 12 April until the end of the year. In particular, companies in the retail trade and in the hotel and restaurant industry as well as small municipal utilities and local authorities are invited to submit applications. Electricity from renewable energies is mandatory.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. Charged : We’ve been covering your company for several years. That’s one way.

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Baua Electric

MAY 30, 2024

The companies will combine their respective strengths, where EVE will supply battery cells and DC side ESS products to Kabra, and Kabra will assemble and integrate these products at its manufacturing facility in India, the company said in a media release. Ekta Kabra, Managing Director of Kabra Extrusiontechnik Limited, said.

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Teslarati

APRIL 27, 2024

Rivian has announced plans to open its charging network to other electric vehicle (EV) brands, and the company this week debuted a new charger design to do so. As of February, there were 400 DC fast chargers at 67 locations across the U.S. ” Electrons for all!

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Whilst with unidirectional (one-way) EV chargers, electricity flows from the electric grid into the electric vehicle, with bidirectional (two-way) EV chargers, electricity can flow both ways. This means that they can handle the electrical conversion back from DC to AC. V2G: Vehicle to Grid. But how does this work?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

As well as enabling EV owners to charge and discharge their electric vehicle to power their home or the grid, Wallbox’s latest innovation is designed to give EV drivers the ability to isolate their home from the grid and use their EV for backup power during a blackout. Providing up to 11.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

The 10 new ferries will be operated by the public ferry company Transtejo, S.A. The fleet renewal project represents a significant commitment by Lisbon metropolitan planners to accelerate the introduction of emissions-free public transport solutions.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These emissions are approaching a tipping point, and the companies responsible for creating these necessary products are increasingly looking at options to help offset their pollution outputs. André Taylor (center), Center Director for DC-MUSE, working with students from the unit operations senior lab course at NYU Tandon.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

Dynapower Company will be supplying the 250 kW energy storage inverters as an integral part of Tesla’s recently announced Powerpack Commercial battery systems for large commercial and utility customers. Tesla selected the Dynapower system based on the company’s technology, track record, and long-term viability.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Sandia researchers are working with experts from Argonne, Idaho and Pacific Northwest national laboratories; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and others as a national security laboratories team. We have been studying potential impacts to the power grid. The survey noted several vulnerabilities on each interface.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Smart Meters and Needs Smart energy meters as compared to conventional meters provides flexibility in terms of safety, responsive time, storing and reading data remotely, provides wireless communication that enables the feasibility of calculating the overload and underload on grid through a particular area.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

Siemens AG and The AES Corporation are forming a new global energy storage technology and services company under the name Fluence. Siemens and AES will have joint control of the company with each holding a 50% stake. Both companies have worked with LG Chem.) million households.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission. year grid study from the U.S.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Renewables account for nearly half of the city’s electricity output with less than a third of its full solar and wind potential of 70 gigawatts installed so far. The plan is to power all 26 venues fully with renewables, marking a first in the games’ history.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

independent from the bulk power grid (i.e., integrating renewables and other. The project will also be one of the first large-scale demonstrations of the new Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standard-based DC fast-charge technology, Redfield said. Focused on three distinct military. installations—Joint Base Pearl.

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

This software facilitates installing new charging stations, managing charging sessions, regulating draw from the grid, handling different billing scenarios and processing payment for charging, and most importantly, ensuring a seamless user experience for EV drivers regardless of locale or currency.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Partial Consent Decree, CARB moved forward the company’s plans for DC fast-charging in more metro areas, adding charging for regional routes, and strengthening highway networks. The company also will invest in rural Level 2 charging. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2013

Separately, Ford Motor Company and KB Home announced that products from the Ford-led initiative MyEnergi Lifestyle ( earlier post ) will be featured in the homebuilder’s ZeroHouse 2.0 Direct PV-to-vehicle DC battery charging will substantially improve charging efficiency by reducing losses associated with DC-to-AC and AC-to-DC conversion.

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EV Connect

JANUARY 9, 2023

With bidirectional charging, the batteries in our vehicles can not only provide fuel for the road but energy for our homes and even our shared electrical grid. In one-directional charging, alternating current (AC) electricity is converted to direct current (DC) energy that’s stored in an EV battery to power the car.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

The company has also granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 450,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. It also provides buck/boost voltage conversion, bi-directional power transfer, and multiport applications with any combination of independently-controlled AC and DC power ports.

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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? Bidirectional charger installed at company parking lot for employees. Benefits of bidirectional chargers. Give back with Quasar.

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