Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

In most cases the existing technology grid can accommodate truck charging at depots. For years, the trucking industry has been skeptical of heavy-duty electric vehicles. A final focus of the research was to assess whether today’s electricity distribution grid could adequately support heavy-duty depot charging.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. ISO RTO operating regions. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Oncor announced they are coordinating efforts to help prepare North Texas for the operation of electric vehicles. Cooperation between Ford and Oncor also involves working with the state and local governments on the most efficient ways to bring EVs to north Texas.

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Teslarati

MAY 27, 2023

Tesla is pushing customers in Texas to commit to a new Model 3 purchase by offering a new charging incentive that will allow owners to charge at home for free for one year. Tesla’s commonly used charging incentives to help push vehicles out the door, but these efforts usually occur at the end of a quarter.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Toyota has announced that it will work with Oncor, a Texas-based electric utility, on vehicle-to-grid technology that may compete with Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant. Toyota has now doubled down and will collaborate with an electric utility in Texas to offer customers vehicle-to-grid technology.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Texas-based automaker teased for a long time that the Cybertruck would be equipped with advanced technology, and it did just that with Powershare. Now, other electric vehicles have similar bidirectional charging features. The South Korean company plans to provide Wallbox’s Quasar 2 charger to EV9 customers by Q1 2024.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Residents are then able to use the stored electricity to either power their electric vehicles (EVs), offer backup power to their homes, or send it directly to the electrical grid — the latter of which is often used in times of peak demand. Still, the U.S. website says the Powerwall 3 will become available in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Contour Energy Systems, Inc, developer of new fluorine-based battery chemistries, nanomaterials science and manufacturing processes for lithium-ion energy storage systems ( earlier post ) is merging with Li-ion battery maker ActaCell Energy Systems, a spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin ( earlier post.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

Utility holding company Xcel Energy wants 1.5 million electric vehicles in its service areas by 2030. If realized, EVs would make up 20% of all vehicles on the road in those areas—more than 30 times the number today. —Ben Fowke, chairman and CEO, Xcel Energy. Powering 1.5

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Tesla Energy has been described by Elon Musk as a business that can be larger than the company’s EV division. In Tesla’s Q2 2022 Update Letter , the electric vehicle maker noted that solar deployments increased during the quarter to 106 MW.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. Achieving our EV vision to have 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2012

to prepare for the roll-out and integration of the new BMW ActiveE electric vehicle (EV). Tendril will demonstrate how its cloud platform integrates the BMW ActiveE with the home area network to provide orchestrated and prioritized charging at DistribuTECH taking place 24-26 January in San Antonio, Texas.).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to reports, US President Biden said that the Australian electric vehicle charging company Tritium DCFC will build a charging pile factory in Tennessee, USA, which will have a “ripple effect” that will benefit American workers and the entire planet. The post Biden: U.S.

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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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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Tesla’s Megafactory is the electric vehicle maker’s dedicated production plant for the Megapack, its flagship energy product designed for grid use. This suggests that the backlog for Megapack orders is massive, and there is more than enough demand for the grid-scale battery. million per 3.9

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Structurally and Electrochemically Stabilized Silicon-rich Anodes for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications. e-Mosaic: Electrification Mosaic Platform for Grid- Informed Smart Charging Management. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits. Ford Motor Company. The University of Texas at Austin.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

million to seven projects to develop medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle (EV) charging and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans across 23 states. National Grid: Northeast Electric Highways Study. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $7.4

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EV Match

JANUARY 13, 2023

The convenience of charging your electric vehicle (EV) at home paired with numerous EV charging rebates and incentives makes right now an ideal time to go electric. It’s hard to beat the convenience of charging your electric vehicle while it sits unused for several hours.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ford Motor Company has named the first markets that will sell the Focus Electric, Ford’s all-electric passenger car: Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.;

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EV Connect

MARCH 20, 2023

Myth 1: EVs Are Just as Environmentally Disastrous as Gas Cars This is the most prevalent and distressing myth about EVs, and it tends to come in roughly two forms: concerns over the electricity that powers our vehicles and concerns about the resources needed to manufacture EVs. times higher for a gasoline vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

At near-future battery prices, battery-electric trains can achieve parity with diesel-electric trains if environmental costs are included or if rail companies can access wholesale electricity prices and achieve 40% use of fast-charging infrastructure. —Berkeley Lab scientist Amol Phadke, corresponding author.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The advancement of the US Smart Grid has taken another significant step forward after the US Department of Energy agreed to award $620million to projects across the country aimed at advancing Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. Electric vehicle coalition.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 24, 2023

Ford CEO Jim Farley took to social media on Tuesday to announce that the automaker is reversing a decision to remove AM radio from its vehicles. The alleged concern was that all-electric vehicles would interfere with the signal and that listening trends were moving away from the relevant bandwidth. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rep.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that to date, more than 1,800 electric vehicle chargers have been installed under the Recovery Act. The event marked the installation of the 500 th electric vehicle (EV) charger by Coulomb, which received a $15-million award under the Recovery Act. New York, NY; Orlando, Fla.;

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Nissan provided a list of the top 15 markets in the US for the Nissan LEAF battery-electric vehicle. In Atlanta, Nissan workplace outreach has resulted in more than 100 LEAF sales to Southern Company employees. Honolulu, with 26 quick chargers, has one of densest charging grids in the US. Source: Nissan Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2016

SAE International is working to ensure that electric vehicle wireless power transfer systems from different manufacturers can interoperate seamlessly with each other to prepare for commercialization in 2020. INL’s Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Laboratory, wireless charging testing system. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Announced in September, Hertz Global EV is championing an electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle mobility ecosystem, incorporating transportation options and a charging station grid for ease of use. To-date, the company has ordered vehicles from CODA, Nissan, and smart USA, and has signed an agreement with NRG Energy Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas, is supplying its Dynamic Power Resource on-site energy storage and power management system.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. We got a heartrending reminder of this fact in February 2021, when Texas experienced an. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. We think there’s a better way.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The Pickens Plan calls for reducing dependence on oil, expanded use of renewable energy, a new 21st-century power grid, increased conservation and efficiency initiatives, and developing alternative fuel vehicles, such as natural gas-powered trucks and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

It’s very similar to the infrastructure for electric cars because the idea, ultimately, for electric cars is that you also are revamping your grid to facilitate, whatchamacallit, intermittent renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, because having an electric car that runs off a coal-fired power plant is defeating the purpose, essentially.

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Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2022

Representative for Fort Bend County, Texas, wrote a letter asking Tesla CEO Elon Musk to work with government officials to strengthen the United States’ power grids and ensure their long-term resiliency and affordability. Nehls had previously voiced opposition to the growth of public charging stations for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Toyota Motor North America and Oncor Electric Delivery, a Texas-based electric transmission and distribution company, will 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

MAY 27, 2015

If every home in the United States were to implement these energy-saving technologies, it would be the equivalent of taking all the homes in California, New York and Texas—32 million homes—off the power grid. —Mike Tinskey, global director of Vehicle Electrification and Infrastructure, Ford Motor Company.

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