Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 3, 2009
Ford has into a partnership with Johnson Controls-Saft (JCS) to develop advanced lithium-ion battery system to power Ford’s first production plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) beginning in 2012. and its parent, Atlanta-based Southern Company. National Grid of Waltham, Mass. Progress Energy of Raleigh, N.C. Earlier post.).
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Power companies trim trees and inspect lines on a regular—if not particularly frequent—basis. These power utilities are ramping up their drone inspection programs to increase the amount of data they collect (optical, thermal, and lidar), with the expectation that AI can make this data more immediately useful. Buzz Solutions.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2014
Nissan Motor Corporation has begun testing in Japan of a system to use electric vehicle technology to help power grids cope with peaks in demand. Demand response is a strategy to make power grids more efficient by modifying consumers’ power consumption in consideration of available energy supply. to 8:00 p.m.
Green Cars News
AUGUST 24, 2009
When plugged in, the battery systems of these specially equipped plug-in hybrids can communicate directly with the electrical grid via smart meters provided by utility companies through wireless networking. Tags: Ford communication grid hybrid plug-in.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. See details and photos and more descriptions.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2009
J2836 (sections 1, 2, and 3) (Use Cases for Communication between Plug-In Vehicles and the Utility Grid/EVSE/Power Flow) addresses modes of communication between plug-in electric vehicles and the electric power grid for the purpose of transferring energy between the vehicle and the grid.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Power and Associates 2004 report ]. Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there.
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