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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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Proterra introduces new high power interoperable EV charging technology; J1772- and J3105-compliant, OCPP

Green Car Congress

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. Recharge time is approximately six hours for an E2 Catalyst utilizing a J1772-CCS plug-in connection.

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Sharing Insights for a Better Future – Hubject ICNC 2022 Berlin

Driivz

Team Driivz received a warm and sunny welcome last week in Berlin at the Hubject Intercharge Network Conference 2022 ( ICNC ), and it was a great pleasure to also return this year as a conference sponsor. After an engaging two-day experience sharing best practices with our peers, we left ICNC recharged and inspired.

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Recharge IT

Plug In Partners

G oogle proved it is serious about Plug Ins with its new Recharge IT initiative. Google.org to to Accelerate Plug-In Hybrid and Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Google.org , the philanthropic arm of Google Inc. Here is part of the story. In addition, Google Inc. Join Plug In Partners today.

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A123 Venture Technologies to collaborate with SolidEnergy on safer, high-energy battery chemistry; potentially up to ~800 Wh/kg

Green Car Congress

A123 Venture Technologies’ incubator business model was launched last spring at MIT’s Knowledge Foundation conference as a way to provide start-ups with access to its development facilities, battery know-how, and market access in exchange for services revenue, equity and cooperation on commercialization. Batteries'

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Exploring the Potential Use, Impact and Valuation of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

A study by Jonn Axsen and Ken Kurani from the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, estimates electricity and gasoline use under three recharging scenarios. Drivers are assumed to immediately plug-in and recharge whenever they are parked within 25 ft of an electrical outlet. —Axsen and Kurani. Plug and play.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

The conference was sold out; it was also essentially a PowerPoint-free zone; the basic format relied heavily on brief introductory remarks from sets of speakers representing the diverse stakeholders, followed by questions from attendees. Infrastructure, recharging and business models. kW—about three times the load.

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