Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

At its first digital ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Conference for investors and analysts, Mercedes-Benz announced aims to at least halve CO 2 emissions per passenger car over the lifecycle by the end of this decade compared to 2020 levels. Several sustainable materials are already in series production in some vehicle models.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

General Motors and OnStar are launching a real-world pilot of smart grid applications for electric vehicles. Starting this quarter, hundreds of employees of regional utilities will drive leased Chevrolet Volts as their everyday vehicles and participate in the pilot. Vehicle-to-Home Integration Technology.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 23, 2021

Due to current social distancing norms and restrictions on travel, the conference will be held virtually over the digital platform. EV Charging Station and Problems with Grid Power and how we will solve it. Electric Mobility for the buildings of the Future. Key topics will include. EV Charging: Regulatory Compliances.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2009

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. Source: GM.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

Nissan and multinational power company Enel will launch the first major vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial carried out in the UK. The announcement follows the signing of a partnership agreement between Nissan and Enel in Paris in December 2015 during the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) to trial V2G technology in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

At the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Bus & Paratransit Conference, electric bus manufacturer Proterra has introduced high-power charging options to make a 100% electric bus fleet more easily achievable. North American cities, counties and transit agencies are announcing zero-emission fleet goals.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

This project, unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference on February 24, 2024, marks a pivotal moment in India’s commitment to renewable energy adoption. Electric vehicles (EVs) equipped with battery technology not only reduce emissions but also contribute to a more resilient energy ecosystem.

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EV Central

APRIL 12, 2023

An electric ute that starts production by the end of 2023 is part of a dramatic acceleration of Toyota ‘s adoption of electric vehicles. Koji Sato speaks at a Tokyo press conference on April 7 2023 announcing Toyota’s ramped-up EV commitment. Driven by new CEO Koji Sato, the new Toyota plan calls for 1.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In the “Curve Ahead: The Future of Fleet Electrification” report, industry leaders identify the main motivations and barriers to electrification, as well as strategies to move the commercial electric vehicle market from niche to mainstream. Despite an appetite for electrification, many fleet operators face challenges.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2013

The vehicle electrification will be successfully implemented only if consumer experience is repeatedly positive. Standards developed collaboratively across various sectors and regions will assist in creating that type of experience and will lay foundation for more advanced solutions of the future.

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Driivz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 came to an end, we found ourselves thinking about the role smart EV charging energy management has to play in protecting the planet. The memorandum of understanding sets targets for 30% of new vehicles in this category to be zero emission by 2030 and 100% by 2040.

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Driivz

MAY 3, 2021

They bring together visionary like minded individuals, companies, and NGOs to build the future of eMobility. The organizations’ annual conferences and webinars promote information sharing among eMobility leaders to drive the industry forward. REA hosts an annual EV conference focusing on how consumers will engage with the EV sector.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

The technology is enabled as OnStar receives a signal from PJM Interconnection that shows the percentage of available renewable energy on the grid. This demonstration shows that in the near future customers will have a real signal of demand for renewable energy. Renewables in the US grid. was conventional hydropower.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The two companies are collaborating to determine how the Volt’s 16-kWh lithium-ion batteries can be used to provide stationary electric grid storage systems once the batteries have fulfilled their usefulness in customers’ vehicles. Bly announced the partnership Tuesday at the EV Battery Tech conference in Troy, Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

Despite the current enthusiasm for electric vehicles (EVs), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) will be an important component of the vehicle mix in 2050, according to panelists from Nissan, Toyota and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in a conference session at the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

OnStar will demonstrate a set of smart energy management technologies designed to help electric vehicle customers and utilities plan better and save money at DistribuTECH , a smart grid conference and exposition being held in San Diego 1-3 February. Vehicle-to-Home Integration Technology. Time-of-Use (TOU) rates.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng spoke in front of an X9 multi-purpose vehicle (MPV), a growing segment of luxury minivans in China. The next decade will be a ‘golden decade’ of smart vehicles. The core of smart vehicle advances is how to operate with automative software adoption emerging as the new industry norm. That’s all for now.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

As one of the speakers put it to the attendees, the bulk of which came from Southeast Michigan, plug-in vehicles will a major career path for most of the people in the room. The impact from plug-in electric vehicles on the grid could be very substantial.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

FluiDyna points out an important advantage of SPH is the meshless nature of the method—no cumbersome grid generation is necessary. Drive System Design will demonstrate its use of the software in conjunction with its development engineering when the company exhibits at the Future Powertrain Conference in Solihull, UK, this week.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

Axsen and Kurani focus on the energy impacts that can be anticipated with significant PHEV market penetration given three recharge scenarios based on data collected through a web-based survey of new vehicle buying households. Gasoline prices are unpredictable, and their volatility may confer value on the ability to select which fuel to use.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2010

Earlier this year, Nissan Nissan North America (NNA) selected AeroVironment to supply electric vehicle home-charging stations and installation services supporting the introduction of the LEAF. Aker Wade: Level III networked fast charging stations for electric vehicles worldwide. Aerovironment’s home charging dock. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2011

The engines will be installed in certain Toyota-produced vehicles planned for sale in the European market. It could even allow for integrating cars into intelligent power grids for optimizing power supply and demand. million hybrid vehicles since it launched the first-generation Prius in 1997. liter and 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2013

The companies plan to jointly produce consumer electronics battery prototypes within the next year, followed by electric vehicle battery prototypes. SolidEnergy PIL batteries are cathode-independent, but compatible with current and future cutting-edge cathodes.

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Driivz

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Speaking from the main stage at the Hubject Intercharge Network Conference 2021 in Berlin , Driivz’s Product Director, Oren Halevy, told the audience that achieving this scalability is a leading challenge facing the EV charging industry today. Wrapping Things Up: Addressing Grid Challenges with Energy Management.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

At near-future battery prices, battery-electric trains can achieve parity with diesel-electric trains if environmental costs are included or if rail companies can access wholesale electricity prices and achieve 40% use of fast-charging infrastructure. —Berkeley Lab scientist Amol Phadke, corresponding author. Popovich, N.D.,

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Second, conventional coal and nuclear plants are being retired for economic and policy reasons, removing stable sources from the grid. Packetized energy management (PEM) allows the power grid to flexibly handle a varying supply of renewable energy. Here’s how.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

In a conference session at SAE World Congress 2009 in January, Justin Ward, Advanced Powertrain Program Manager, Toyota said that while Toyota sees market opportunity for small EVs, the company finds that a fuel cell hybrid vehicle has the advantage in well-to-wheel efficiency even now. The key is to make sure your grid is clean.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Honda has joined a demonstration project for experimental vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology aimed at providing a potentially valuable energy storage resource to the electrical grid while providing for more cost-effective ownership of plug-in electric vehicles. through their eV2g joint venture ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2012

In an address at the 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference, Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford said that “ Michigan must become the Silicon Valley of the mobility revolution ” and outlined key public policy areas to help improve the state’s competitiveness and ensure that the state realizes the full benefit of that impending revolution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Chrysler is showcasing its two-mode Ram Truck Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV), equipped with a 12 kWh, 33 Ah cell, 355V Li-ion battery pack from Electrovaya, at the Washington DC Auto Show. grid storage and load balancing for the battery pack; and integration with renewable energy. million in temperatures above 32 °C.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

a new “Central London Grid” of bike routes in the City and West End, using segregation, quiet streets, and two-way cycling on one-way traffic streets, to join all the other routes together. The first planning conference for the Central London Grid, with the seven central boroughs, the Royal Parks and the City, will take place next week.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2009

GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt shows a sodium-metal halide battery cell at the press conference announcing the battery plant. At the AABC 2008 conference, Robert King from GE Global Research outlined requirements and challenges for hybrid locomotive batteries, including: 1,300 kW continuous chare/discharge power. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

The development of better battery technology for storing electricity, is vital for increased use of renewables in both electricity and transportation, where electric vehicles can be plugged into the grid for charging. Currently battery costs for an electric vehicle are about $325 per kWh. F of warming.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2009

Declaring an urgent imperative to prepare for the use of electricity as a crucial transportation fuel in the future, the US’ electric utilities collectively pledged to move forward aggressively to create the infrastructure to support the full-scale commercialization and deployment of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). Earley, Jr.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Proportion of lifecycle CO 2 e emissions for future cars 2020-2030. The introduction of new energy technologies in road transport will mean that the current tailpipe measures of the climate impact of vehicles will become increasingly inadequate in future. Click to enlarge. —Andy Eastlake, LowCVP Managing Director.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

I have seen the future my friends and it looks exactly like a 76 degree January day filled with beautiful people driving gorgeous plug-in hybrid and plug-in electric cars. 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.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. slow charge.

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