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BMW, Ford and Honda to create new company focused on optimizing EV grid services: ChargeScape

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BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and American Honda Motor Co., have entered into an agreement to create ChargeScape, LLC, a new equally-owned company that will create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers.

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Renault Group takes 21% stake in axial flux e-motor company Whylot

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Renault Group has acquired a 21% minority stake in Whylot , a company based in the Lot region of France that has developed an innovative axial flux automotive e-motor. This acquisition of a stake in the French start-up reinforces the existing strategic partnership between the two companies. Whylot axial flux motor.

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Duke Energy and Ford Motor Company plan to use F-150 Lightning electric trucks to help power the grid

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Duke Energy and Ford Motor Company are partnering to expand vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging using the new F-150 Lightning electric truck’s rugged batteries as a workhorse at home and on the electric grid.

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BMW, Ford, and Honda form new company streamline electrical grids, invite other automakers to join

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Three major automakers have come forward and announced an equally-owned company focused on creating a single, cost-effective platform to connect EV drivers, automakers, and utility companies. more… The post BMW, Ford, and Honda form new company streamline electrical grids, invite other automakers to join appeared first on Electrek.

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This Clock Made Power Grids Possible

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This master station clock kept a very particular type of time: It used a synchronous self-starting motor in conjunction with a pendulum to help maintain the station’s AC electricity at a steady 60-cycle-per-second frequency. How Warren’s clocks regulated grid frequency Henry E. Clocks and synchronous motors go hand in hand.

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BMW, Ford And Honda To Create ChargeScape, A New Company Focused On Optimizing Electric Vehicle Grid Services

Electric Cars Report

BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and American Honda Motor Co. have entered into an agreement to create ChargeScape, LLC, a new equally-owned company that will create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers.

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RMI launches “Virtual Power Plant Partnership” with support from General Motors & Ford

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Initial funding of the VP3 effort was made possible by General Motors and Google Nest. VP3 includes founding members Ford, General Motors, Google Nest, OhmConnect, Olivine, SPAN, SunPower, Sunrun, SwitchDin, and Virtual Peaker. In a VPP, decentralized distributed energy resources (DERs) are aggregated into a portfolio.