Remove Concept Remove Environment Remove Power Storage Remove Vehicles
article thumbnail

BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

Green Car Congress

BMW i announced a home stationary energy storage system solution integrating its BMW i3 vehicle battery at EVS 29 in Montréal. This strategy will extend the useful life of the battery for the owner, even beyond in-vehicle use, BMW said. In 2014, BMW integrated high-voltage batteries into a stationary storage system in Hamburg.

article thumbnail

Enabling Electric Vehicle Charging in Condominiums

Wallbox

Indeed, the sheer concept of securing construction permits, tackling technical questions and getting the consent of your tenants can seem like a daunting prospect. Bidirectional charging allows you to send energy both ways – from the grid into your vehicle (G2V) and from the vehicle to the grid (V2G) or building (V2B).

article thumbnail

California Energy Commission awards $1.1M to 12 small-scale projects to study transportation, natural gas and electricity technologies

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is awarding $1,135,862 to 12 small-scale projects to research that will reduce the cost of producing electricity, save energy and improve the environment. The program provides up to $95,000 for hardware projects and up to $50,000 for modeling concepts. billion in follow-on investment.

article thumbnail

Volvo Car Group testing lightweight structural energy storage material applied in trunk lid and plenum cover

Green Car Congress

An alternative, potentially more beneficial route is to produce truly multifunctional materials, consisting of multifunctional composite constituents that simultaneously and synergistically provide structural and electrochemical energy storage functions. Trunk lid being mounted on to the test vehicle. —Qian et al.

article thumbnail

Smart Charging Electric Vehicles and the Flexibility Market

Driivz

If the power supply and demand infrastructure continues “business as usual,” it will reach maximum capacity – unless extremely expensive upgrades are done. The Flexibility Market Concept. DSR, though, may become an issue if the system cannot reduce power demands. The flexibility market is an evolving concept.

Market 52
article thumbnail

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. ’s power generation, he said.

Grid 47
article thumbnail

Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It eliminates waiting in lines or out of order machinery and gives you the benefit of your vehicles full range right from your doorstep. Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities.