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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

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Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Click to enlarge.

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ORNL-led team demos 3D printing method with precise control of structure and properties of metals

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Ryan Dehoff, staff scientist and metal additive manufacturing lead at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at ORNL, recently presented the research in an invited presentation at the Materials Science & Technology 2014 conference in Pittsburgh. Ryan Dehoff et al.

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DOE announces EcoCAR 2; focus on electric drive technology

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Student designs will consider the well-to-wheel (WTW) impact of fuel use and select renewable fuels such as hydrogen, E85 (85% ethanol), or B20 (20% biodiesel). University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Knoxville, Tennessee). Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana). Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, Indiana).

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PHEV Day 168. Sunday, 29 March 2009. Run to Knoxville, Tennessee

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.: From: Leslie A Grossman [mailto:leslieann@lesliegrossman.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:47 PM Subject: News Conference Monday - Electric Vehicle Spirit of DC here in Knoxville The Future of transportation is here, and is visiting Knoxville on Monday March 30th. The "Spirit" is busy promoting plug-ins at America’s schools.

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GridPoint Smart Charging Software to Support eTec/Nissan LEAF Deployment

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The company made the announcement at the Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition in Long Beach, CA. GridPoint’s charging management software will give utilities the ability to deploy load shifting, load shaping, renewables integration and demand response strategies. GridPoint, Inc., Earlier post.)

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Smart charging to boost Nissan LEAF development

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The Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition in Long Beach, California, was marked with an announcement by GridPoint, a provider of smart grid software, that it will provide its latest generation electric vehicle management software to support the deployment of the Nissan LEAF. So what is so special about its charging management software?

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Chattanooga Area Regional Transportation Authority, Tennessee: $650,000. VIA Metropolitan Transit, Texas: $5,000,000.

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