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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. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Simulate EV power electronics in real-time (Webinar) – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Power electronics is a growing field with the push for electric vehicles and advancing grid technologies. Switching from a purely virtual environment to an entirely real environment can present unnecessary challenges. See the full session list for the Spring Virtual Conference on EV Engineering here.

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

Green Car Congress

GtCO 2 /year (heavy-duty vehicles) and by 2.0 GtCO 2 /year (light duty vehicles) by 2030. A shift to more electric vehicles is also included. Estimates put the electric-drive share of new vehicle sales at between 7 - 10% by 2030. Fuel efficiency measures could potentially reduce emissions by 0.88

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The Net-Zero Neighborhood: Advanced Energy Storage and Highly Efficient Photovoltaics Take Transportation Off the Gasoline Grid and Residential Off the Electric Grid

Green Car Congress

The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. NZN can integrate with the centralized grid. batteries); the creation of grid-enabled consumer-side energy generation appliances; and a robust set of standards and protocols.

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Electric Vehicle Industry Associations – Joining Forces to Drive Adoption

Driivz

Common goals include speeding the development of industry standards , deployment of sufficient EV charging infrastructure and passing legislation favorable to the EV market – ranging from changes in the way utilities can price electricity to requiring that charge points need to be integrated into public building projects.

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GMs Approach to Integrating Smart Plug-ins to the Smart Grid Leverages Emerging Standards and OnStar

Green Car Congress

GM is embracing the use of communications standards that operate with optional data transports to enable smart charging and integration with the emerging smart grid. EVSE=Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. A network of smart loads with communications to report their current state and act on smart grid commands.

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Nissan and Enel to launch major V2G trial in the UK; LEAF and e-NV200

Green Car Congress

Nissan and multinational power company Enel will launch the first major vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial carried out in the UK. The partners will install and connect 100 V2G units at locations agreed upon by private and fleet owners of the Nissan LEAF and e-NV200 electric van. Earlier post.)

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