Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Honda, BMW, and Ford get together for looking at how EVs could connect to the grid. And we go hands-on with how the Kia EV9 will help back up the home and smooth the grid. The Mazda CX-9 PHEV makes the safety honor roll. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2024

It wasn’t much of a jump to make the connection that if we can melt steel chambers and vaporize them, we could melt rocks.” So it wasn’t much of a jump to make the connection that if we can melt steel chambers and vaporize them, we could melt rocks.” They can retire the boiler, and we’ll give them 500º C steam on-site.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

In addition to reinjecting electricity into the power grid, the bidirectional charger supports a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function for powering electrical appliances directly from the car. A smartphone app used to program bidirectional charging, simply by setting the time when the vehicle is going to be used next and the desired battery level.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

Would you spend a week off-grid in this luxury electric RV ? The eTH electric RV features a luxurious interior, smart tech, and clean energy for a week of off-grid capabilities. It features a flexible dashboard/ office desk, integrated entertainment, and driver assist tech. It likely won’t come cheap.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

GM will provide student teams across 15 academic institutions with a Cadillac LYRIQ, the brand’s first all-electric vehicle, to develop and to demonstrate technology that utilizes automation and vehicle-to-everything connectivity. Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). University of California, Riverside (Riverside, CA).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2023

Toyota Motor North America recently entered into an agreement with environmental tech nonprofit WattTime to provide certain health and environmental impact data to Toyota and Lexus customers with eligible vehicles to enable them to find ideal charging times to reduce emissions when charging at home.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2014

Ford Motor Company announced the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a sun-powered hybrid vehicle that can deliver the efficiency of a plug-in hybrid without depending on the electric grid for recharging. and Georgia Tech. This could be especially important in places where the electric grid is underdeveloped, unreliable or expensive to use.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

There were several notable EU-centric EV debuts today during the Geneva International Motor Show, including an all-electric supermini from Renault called the 5 E-Tech. Today, Renault unveiled the new all-electric supermini and donned the 5 E-Tech. million total vehicles produced. The bespoke platform allows for a flat floor, a 2.54-meter

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. grid, but the rising number of EVs will test the local grid’s reliability at many of the 3,000 electric-distribution utilities in the United States , which themselves own more than 5.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

OnStar, a wholly owned subsidiary of GM, is inviting utilities, energy companies and tech firms to develop Smart Grid solutions using a set of proprietary OnStar application programming (APIs). The Smart Grid set of APIs is among the first to be offered outside of the company. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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My Energi

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Commenting on the announcement, Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of myenergi, said: “Bringing an increasing number of tech innovations into the scope of VAT relief on ESMs is a major step forward. In addition, it will help to further accelerate the government’s legally-binding commitment to reach net zero by 2050 – a good move all round.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Fermata Energy: Fermata provides a complete solution that lets electric vehicles receive power from and provide power back to the grid and to buildings by integrating software, hardware options and knowledge, turning electric vehicles into energy storage assets that combat climate change, increase resilience and dramatically lower cost of ownership.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Because there’s no grid connection, the platforms will basically operate as small, isolated power grids and therefore have to handle any sudden surges in power.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

As an ambitious high-tech company with a competent technical development core, we will work with Volkswagen to create a solid foundation to support the success of electric vehicles. The built-in battery pack can store a buffer of energy meaning that it can be disconnected from the grid.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

It is an 11-month study that is being led by Coventry City Council with WPD and other partners including, Cenex; Coventry University; Hubject; Midlands Connect; National Express; Transport for West Midlands; and Electreon. —Steven Pinkerton-Clark, WPD’s Innovation & Low Carbon Network Engineer. Credit: Carlos Jones, ORNL/US Dept.

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Driivz

MAY 10, 2022

Part 1 of this two-part blog discusses the challenges facing electric utilities – both electricity generators and grid operators – with electric vehicle (EV) adoption coinciding with the electrification of buildings, heating, and industry. Smart EV charging uses chargers that communicate with a management platform via a data connection.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

The field included startups that aim to improve battery technology and solve the battery materials problem, coordinate energy flow from home and car batteries to the grid and back again, gather and use data for energy and carbon management, improve solar cell efficiency, and recycle agricultural waste. Renewell recently received a $2.7

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

The solar EV charging tech company launched its product in February 2023 at Intersolar North America in Long Beach, California, and now it’s ready to take pre-orders. EV owners usually plug their cars into home chargers that are powered by an alternating current (AC) flow of energy generated from the electric grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Having that flexibility in charging strategies might even/further down the line help consumers benefit from financial incentives from power companies seeking to balance grid supplies using vehicles connected to the grid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

In addition, new Wi-Fi connectivity gives customers the ability to monitor and control charging any time and anywhere via a mobile app and web portal. The hybrid powertrain combines a high-tech, 2.0-liter,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

High-tech mobility innovator Lightyear and Royal DSM will jointly scale the commercialization of Lightyear’s unique solar-powered roof for the electric vehicle market. To accelerate this growth, the EV industry now needs to overcome the twin hurdles of limited range and grid-dependency.

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My Energi

MARCH 13, 2023

As the world’s first solar-compatible EV charger, the myenergi zappi can operate as a mains-connected home charger that optimises with time of use tariffs to enable cheaper and greener charging from the grid, while also seamlessly integrating with solar generation to direct any available renewable energy to your car.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2022

In a modern processor, interconnects are built in more than 15 layers, which from above look like a map of a city’s street grid. As you ascend the interconnect layers, the features become sparser and bigger, until you reach the top, where electrical contact pads connect the chip to its package.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

The machines are already generating electricity at scores of installations, and the company’s backers include some of the biggest names in tech investing, including Bill Gates and Vinod Khosla. NASA Battery Tech to Deliver for the Grid EnerVenue’s nickel-hydrogen battery cells are 1.8 consumer,” reported Prachi Patel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

At CES 2015 in January, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Big Data Connected vehicles Mobility services Sensors Urban mobility' Earlier post.) Shoup, Donald.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In addition to the CASE (Connected-Autonomous-Shared-Electrified)-driven transformation of the industry, a combination of additional internal and external factors is piling on complexity. In this simmering soup of uncertainty, two macro trends are rising: electrification and connected vehicles. In the U.S.,

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EV Connect

JUNE 5, 2023

Drivers are only beginning to tap into another big benefit: vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging. This technology has huge potential upsides not only for EV drivers but also for businesses and even the entire electrical grid. What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Charging? Here’s a look at how V2G works and the ROI it can bring.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

GVR, which has over 500,000 installations globally, co-developed the turnkey Konect DC fast charging system with EV charging tech company SK Signet. GVR’s network connects multiple onsite cloud-based services, from point-of-sale payment and loyalty systems to localized energy management and off-grid charging solutions.

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Charged EVs

MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. The bill is agnostic in terms of how V2X tech is implemented. That’s one way.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

A Sea-Monster-Proof Internet The initial segment of what will be the first underwater fiber-optic link to skirt the North Pole, connecting Japan and Europe, will light up in early 2023. These high-flying, low-tech aircraft are already in use for surveillance, hovering at 18,000 to 27,000 meters to track drug runners.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Bangalore-based company plans to install more than 2,500 fast chargers as part of the Ather Grid network by the end of 2023. Ather Grid is currently the largest two-wheeler fast-charging network in the country. The Ather Grid network of over 1000 fast chargers will be free for everyone until March. km per minute.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2017

A more realistic scenario would be to equip vehicles designed for car sharing with V2X tech within smart city and Mobility as a Service contexts. In the meantime, the V2X paradigm is becoming increasingly diversified and will extend to market adjacencies such as Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G).

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EV Central

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Work has begun on e-Power technology for brand’s large SUVs and utes READ MORE: V2G tech takes next step in Australia with Nissan Leaf making money from the grid READ MORE: Nissan Ariya review: All-new electric SUV tested 2023 Nissan Hyper Adventure concept. The concept’s V2X capability also provide home charging and power to the grid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

Sequoia Solar, a California company that designs, installs, and maintains grid-connected, solar solutions, will introduce its first networked solar-powered electric vehicle charging station, using equipment from Coulomb Technologies, on 11 November at its San Diego Country regional office in Solana Beach.

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

While charging your car through mains supply is still far cheaper and more environmentally friendly than running a petrol or diesel car, doing it with renewable energy can take EV charging completely off grid. Each of our products help households to consume more of their self-generated energy and minimise reliance on the grid.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The blaze had allegedly been kicked off by an electric scooter that was connected to a charger on the premises, according to reporting by the investigative tech news site Rest of World. It dispels the talking points predicting widespread grid failures as more EVs are plugged in to charge.

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