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The launch of Power2Drive South America Exhibition and Conference 2024 – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The 3-day exhibition and one-day conference will be held as part of The smarter E South America on August 27-29, 2024 alongside with Intersolar South America, ees South America and Eletrotec+EM-Power South America. Conference times: 9:00a.m. CONTACT Gioia Müller-Russo Solar Promotion International GmbH Tel. +49 to 8:00p.m.

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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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GM adds 3 acres of solar arrays in Michigan

Green Car Congress

General Motors is increasing its renewable energy use with 3 acres of new solar arrays at two Michigan facilities. The company’s processing center in Swartz Creek and engine plant in Flint will feature 150 kW ground-mount solar arrays expected to generate a combined 400,000 kWh of renewable energy per year to the facilities’ grids.

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

Teslarati

Tesla China announced earlier that it has launched a solar-powered Supercharger facility in Lhasa, the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. Come and take a look at the event site of the conference. Tesla’s Superchargers could begin to take a turn for more solar-powered infrastructure in the future.

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Nissan office in France to house largest grid-integrated EV system yet

Green Car Congress

Nissan’s new regional office in France will house the largest grid-integrated electric vehicle (EV) system and second-life battery storage unit yet installed in a building, anywhere. Grid integration trials have already begun in Denmark.

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How Smart Energy Management for EV Charging Is Connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference

Driivz

We found ourselves thinking about how Smart Energy Management for EV charging is connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference; Countries from around the world continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a key strategy for reducing the rate of global warming.

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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.