Green Car Congress
JUNE 21, 2016
BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. The concept announced at EVS29 is the first market-ready home storage system using a second-life automotive BMW i3 high-voltage battery integrated by BECK Automation (Würzburg, Germany).
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2013
In one of the papers related to the work, a team from Imperial College London (the academic lead on the project), noted: To date, two main strategies have been applied to the fabrication of multifunctional structural energy storage devices. Earlier work has been focused on multifunctional structural batteries and dielectric capacitors.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2019
Professor Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou and his team at UNSW’s School of Chemical Engineering have developed a system that provides cheap storage and transportation of hydrogen which they expect will provide a new alternative for energy storage within two years. —Professor Aguey-Zinsou.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2013
The Energy Innovations Small Grant Program provides funding to small businesses, non-profit organizations, individuals, and academic institutions to conduct research that establishes the feasibility of new, innovative energy concepts. Russell Carrington of Thermaphase Energy, Inc. billion in follow-on investment.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 15, 2012
GM and ABB partnered to produce a prototype back-up power storage unit that repackages five used Volt batteries into a modular unit that becomes an uninterruptible power supply and grid power balancing system. a community energy storage system—built from five used Chevrolet Volt batteries.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Gallery: Plugging in at home Battery swap stations are a concept often associated with Better Place , an EV infrastructure company. The idea is that when your car needs more energy, you can drive your car into a station and, like an automated car wash, your depleted battery is replaced robotically by one that has a full charge.
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