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MINI E charge station initial site inspection

Revenge of the Electric Car

Stefano Paris at the November 19th, 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show unveiling of the MINI E. If you’ve been following the BMW MINI E program unveiled officially on November 19th, 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show you’ll know the process for being selected as a potential MINI E driver is a multistep one.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

Green Car Congress

—Cliff Fietzek, Manager Connected eMobility at BMW of North America. This system can enable energy produced from solar panels to be used more efficiently. In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project.

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BMW announces partners and services for 360° Electric portfolio for BMW i drivers

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BMW says it is situated to branch into complementary electric vehicle markets because of its experience with the MINI E and ActiveE field trials. BMW Solar Energy Program. 1 full-service solar power provider, to offer owners of the new BMW i vehicles exclusive access to SolarCity’s most affordable solar service option.

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Creative Greenius is EV Driven

Creative Greenius

And we intend to stimulate and grow new connections - a whole lot of them. So you can see that Climate Change , Environment , Standards , Solar and other such terms all relate heavily to Obama according to what people talk about. * We have come together to find and organize the best content from blogs and other web sites.

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BMW begins Phase 2 of ChargeForward Program with PG&E to study advanced electric vehicle charging; results from Phase 1

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BMW supplemented the smart charging of these vehicles with a solar-powered battery system made from BMW Group second-life EV batteries to support the grid during these demand response events, as necessary. Driver-participants could also choose to opt-out of participation as desired if they needed to begin charging their BMW i3 immediately.

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