Remove Connect Remove Power Grid Remove Range Remove Standards
article thumbnail

Audi involved in EEBUS standard for intelligent connection of EVs and buildings

Green Car Congress

The Audi e-tron’s charging system is the first on-board EV system to use the new communication standard. At the “Plugfest E-Mobility” at the Audi plant in Brussels, developers are testing cross-industry compatibility before the EEBUS standard for energy communication is introduced in February.

Connect 220
article thumbnail

Hitachi ABB Power Grids launches EV charging system for large-scale e-mobility: Grid-eMotion Fleet

Green Car Congress

Hitachi ABB Power Grids has launched Grid-eMotion Fleet, a scalable, modular and fully customizable solution for large-scale EV charging of smart public and commercial transport. Grid-eMotion Fleet comes in standard containers that integrate the grid connection and charging systems.

article thumbnail

Nissan LEAF helps power company’s NA facilities with V2G; Nissan Energy

Green Car Congress

Under the global plan, called Nissan Energy, owners of Nissan’s electric vehicles will be able to easily connect their cars with energy systems to charge their batteries, power homes and businesses or feed energy back to power grids. The system charges the connected electric vehicle, which then shares power with the home.

Nissan 262
article thumbnail

Fastcharge consortium presents prototype for 450 kW charging station; Porsche research vehicle charges at 400 kW

Green Car Congress

The new charging station is suitable for electric models of all brands with the European standard Type 2 variant of the widely used Combined Charging System (CCS), and is now available for use free of charge. An innovative cooling system makes this possible by ensuring even gentle temperature control in the battery cells. million (US$8.9

Porsche 331
article thumbnail

Daimler Trucks E-Mobility Group starts global initiative for electric-truck charging infrastructure

Green Car Congress

Within the framework of the initiative, the E-Mobility Group is bringing together the main players—e-truck customers, power grid operators, energy suppliers, charging hardware manufacturers and charging software providers—thus promoting shared infrastructure solutions for truck customers within the network.

Global 414
article thumbnail

Sandia, national lab partners studying vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

Green Car Congress

These include, (1) EV connectors; (2) user terminals; (3) internet connections; (4) maintenance terminals from physical access or disassembly. We have been studying potential impacts to the power grid. Instead, the government can directly support the industry by providing fixes, advisories, standards and best practices.

article thumbnail

ABB and Volvo Buses partnering on fast-charging system for hybrid and electric buses

Green Car Congress

ABB and Volvo Buses are partnering to co-develop and to commercialize electric and hybrid buses with open standards-based direct current (DC) fast charging systems. The flash stations are connected to the 50 kVA electricity network and also have a 3kWh storage unit (supercap) for smoothing peaks in consumption.

Volvo 281