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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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Transphorm introduces Gallium Nitride diode; >99% efficient DC-DC boost converter

Green Car Congress

At the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), Transphorm Inc. is showcasing a GaN-based, dc-to-dc boost converter running at more than 99% efficiency. Transphorm’s Total GaN-based Boost Converter operating at over 99% efficiency at 400 Volts demonstrates this for the first time. At APEC, startup Transphorm Inc.

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Researchers show economic, environmental and grid-resilience benefits of converting diesel trains to battery-electric

Green Car Congress

At the recent 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the US joined a dozen other countries in signing onto new agreements to curtail shipping emissions, and zero-emissions solutions for freight rail transport will be part of that commitment. Popovich, N.D., Rajagopal, D., Nat Energy 6, 1017–1025 doi: 10.1038/s41560-021-00915-5.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. If everyone could hear Ed talk about the smart grid and how plug-in cars make it possible to inventory electricity then we’d already be building that grid today. I’ve heard him speak at the Plug-In conference.

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UPS/Greenbiz study identifies motivators and barriers to electric fleets

Green Car Congress

Converting from internal combustion engines to electric depends on specific vehicle uses, the size and distribution of fleets across regions, the costs of electricity and access to charging infrastructure. The findings will be explored in depth at the GreenBiz VERGE conference in Oakland, California on 16 October.

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Tesla China launches solar-powered Superchargers in sunshine-ridden Tibet

Teslarati

Come and take a look at the event site of the conference. Four years ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said, “All Superchargers are converted to solar/battery power. Over time, almost all will disconnect from the electricity grid.” Let’s go to a more pure future together.”

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