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Electra updates mineral resource estimate at its Iron Creek cobalt-copper project in Idaho

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2023

2023 resource showing the indicated and inferred resource domains as well as blocks with NSR values that are not included in the resource due to insufficient drilling to establish connectivity and DSO outlines. A road connects the property to a state highway and nearby towns, Challis and Salmon. million pounds of copper.

Idaho

Idaho Zambia Connect Connected

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

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

With electric vehicles becoming more common, the risks and hazards of a cyberattack on electric vehicle charging equipment and systems also increases. Johnson and his team recently published an open-access summary of known electric vehicle charger vulnerabilities in the journal Energies. Johnson et al.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Charging Idaho Vehicles

U-M teams with Argonne, Idaho national labs to study potential energy savings of connected vehicles

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The University of Michigan is working with two US Department of Energy national laboratories to study whether connected and automated vehicles could help people drive more efficiently. U-M, with Argonne National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory, won a three-year, $2.7 million grant from DOE to fund the research.

Idaho

Idaho Connect Connected Energy

Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2022

Volvo Cars, in cooperation with Starbucks Corporation, announced the first Starbucks stores where new electric vehicle (EV) chargers, powered by ChargePoint, will be available to customers and members of the public. Idaho Springs, CO. have been installed and are scheduled to become active later this month. Issaquah, WA.

Seattle

Seattle Denver Store Volvo

Dynexus licenses Idaho Lab’s IMB technology for forecasting battery health

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The 2011 R&D 100 Award-winning Impedance Measurement Box (IMB) was invented by INL’s Energy Storage Group in Idaho Falls, Idaho, with support from the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office. The technology has the potential to add value at all levels across the battery value chain.

Idaho

Idaho Batteries Battery Energy Storage

DOE awards $18M to 5 projects to accelerate development of plug-in electric vehicles & use of other alternative fuels

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

million to develop and demonstrate a battery-powered electric school bus that improves propulsion energy efficiency by 20-30% and that can connect to the electric grid (vehicle-to-grid). propane direct injection engine and emission control system that will be demonstrated on a package delivery vehicle.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Plug-in North Dakota Plug

Battery500 Consortium awarded $75M for Phase 2 of research

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The new funding, provided by the Department of Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), is part of $209 million awarded by VTO for advancing electric vehicles, batteries, and connected vehicles ( earlier post ).

San Diego

San Diego Idaho Maryland Universal

SAE publishes J2954 Recommended Practice (RP) enabling wireless charging to 11 kW

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

SAE International published SAE J2954 Recommended Practice (RP), providing the first worldwide specification for wireless power transfer (WPT) for electric vehicles up to 11 kW power levels (WPT 3). kW), 11 kW wireless charging is a big step towards commercialization for electric vehicles. Earlier post.).

Charging

Charging Connect Connected Convert

INL, UCSD researchers find slow, low-energy charging of Li batteries creates glassy lithium; high-performance Li-metal batteries

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

Scientists from Idaho National Laboratory and the University of California San Diego have shown that slow, low-energy charging causes lithium atoms to deposit on electrodes in a disorganized way that improves charging behavior. Pawar, G., 2020) “Glassy Li metal anode for high-performance rechargeable Li batteries.”

Li-ion

Li-ion Batteries Battery San Diego

INL releases results of testing of Evatran Plugless 3.3 kW Level 2 wireless charging system

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Idaho National Laboratory researchers recently released independent testing results of a wireless charging system designed for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs). kW Level 2 Charging System, uses inductive technology to wirelessly charge a PEV’s traction battery, which powers the vehicle. Source: INL. Click to enlarge.

Charging

Charging Idaho Plug-in Plug

Raejean & Tessie’s photographic EV road trip

Electric Auto Association

AUGUST 3, 2021

Red rocks, dinosaur prints, Sawtooth Mountains, High Sierra wilderness, and wildflowers By Raejean Fellows: Past President, Electric Auto Association; Director, Plug In America. Little Redfish Lake, Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho - Photo by Raejean Fellows. Stanley and Sun Valley, Idaho are definitely at the top of the list.

San Diego

San Diego Utah Idaho Juice

Wireless charging J2954 testing to 11 kW in 2017 for LD, HD starting up to 250 kW; autonomous charging and infrastructure proposal for California

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

SAE International is working to ensure that electric vehicle wireless power transfer systems from diverse manufacturers will interoperate seamlessly with each other to prepare for commercialization in 2020. Click to enlarge.

2017

2017 San Diego Charging California

11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

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. The transmission line will sidestep the growing difficulties of connecting renewable-energy sources to the power grid.

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Engine San Francisco Iceland Wind

Coulomb Racks Up Series of Charging Infrastructure Wins

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JUNE 7, 2009

KHLim also has its own energy grid to which the ChargePoint charging stations are connected. The charging stations will be used for electrical vehicles, which are owned by iNet, the research institute of KHLim.

Las Vegas

Las Vegas Charging Belgium Montana

Coulomb Technologies to Provide 4,600 Free Home and Public Charging Stations Through ChargePoint America Program

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JUNE 2, 2010

Coulomb Technologies, in partnership with Ford, Chevrolet and smart USA, will provide 4,600 free home and public ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles throughout the United States through the ChargePoint America program. Click to enlarge. Sacramento, Calif.; and Washington DC.

America

America Charging San Jose San Francisco

AI Plays Key Role in EV Charger Deployment and More

Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

AI, of course, stands for artificial intelligence and you know EV as our favorite little acronym for electric vehicles. Researchers from the Idaho National Laboratory are using AI and machine learning to speed up EV battery charging without damaging the vehicle’s battery. AI and EV are working together to help the USA.

Re-Charge

Re-Charge Lithium Ion Charging Google

Mack LR Electric Class 8 refuse truck now in serial production

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Mack recently announced that the LR Electric comes standard with the Mack Ultra Service Agreement, offering customers a tailored uptime package designed specifically to meet the unique needs of battery-electric vehicles.

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Production North Carolina New York City Idaho

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

The collaboration, forged by the White House in partnership with DOE and the Department of Transportation (DOT), the US Air Force and US Army, and the Environmental Protection Agency, is centered on a set of Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure. Electric vehicle coalition.

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Obama Charging Financing DC

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ Dr. Bruce R.

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Clean Cleaning Future Green

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Mountain Rides will purchase heavy-duty, battery electric buses and fast charging infrastructure for its fixed route bus operations in Blaine County, Idaho. This project will begin to fulfill Mountain Rides' goal of moving from diesel powered buses to cleaner, cheaper, easier to maintain battery electric buses.

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Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet

DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

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MARCH 11, 2016

Connected Signals, working with ANL. Connected Signals will obtain traffic signal data and demonstrate the benefits of real-time signal-state information for vehicles and drivers. Transient Plasma Systems, working with ANL. Organization. Description. iBeam Materials, working with SNL.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion

Mack Trucks introduces next-generation Mack LR Electric with improved range and capacity

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MARCH 4, 2022

Mack Trucks announced that its next generation Mack LR Electric battery-electric vehicle (BEV) is now available for order. Mack began serial production of the LR Electric in 2021 at its Lehigh Valley Operations facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania, where all Class 8 Mack vehicles for North America and export are assembled.

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Range North Carolina Dealers Idaho

SAE International publishes new J2954 wireless charging standard

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

SAE International has published the first global standard that specifies, in a single document, both the electric vehicle and supply equipment (EVSE) ground-system requirements for wireless charging of electric vehicles (EV). SAE J2954 Functional Elements Chart. SAE J2954). Tests using a 10-in. Published in Sept.

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Standards International Charging Grid

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will deploy 554 alternative fuel and hybrid electric vehicles and install 153 alternative fueling and electric vehicle charging stations throughout the Chicago region. The initiative also includes garbage trucks, also known as refuse collection vehicles. Total DOE award: $14,999,927.

Alternative Fuels

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant

When (and How) Should You Use a DC EV Charger?

EV Connect

JANUARY 8, 2024

Should you use one of them to charge your Electric Vehicle (EV)? In North America, you’ll be able to fast-charge with a CCS plug, which now allows you to connect to Tesla Superchargers even if you’re not driving a Tesla. Not every vehicle is compatible with DC fast charging. Coverage is sparse for now.

DC

DC Alternative Fuels South Dakota Plug-in

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

A Fresh Charge for Avista EV Program

EV Connect

JUNE 27, 2022

Background Focused on the production, transmission, and distribution of energy, Avista Utilities provides electricity to nearly 403,000 customers and natural gas to about 369,000 customers across 30,000 square miles and four northwestern states, including Washington, northern Idaho, and parts of southern and eastern Oregon.

Charging

Charging Connect Connected Washington

What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Technology and How Does It Work?

EV Connect

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Yet it places unprecedented demand on our electrical grid. Just to drive 100 miles, the average electric vehicle (EV) uses the same amount of electricity that it takes to power a typical U.S. But what if electric vehicles can be part of the solution to this problem? home for a day. How Does V2G Work?

Grid

Grid Power Grid Vehicles Renewable

ChargePoint completes ARRA-funded ChargePoint America program; 4,600 charging ports

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JUNE 12, 2013

has completed the ChargePoint America Program with more than 4600 shipments and installations of its home, public and commercial charging ports for electric vehicles (EVs). million in funding for the installation of residential and public electric vehicle charging infrastructure within California. ChargePoint, Inc.

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America San Antonio San Jose San Francisco

Jervois to acquire SMP nickel & cobalt refinery in Brazil; concentrate from Idaho for refining, cobalt metal back to US

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Jervois currently is a cobalt company with nickel and copper exposure, with mining assets in Idaho, Uganda, and Australia. Jervois intends for the SMP acquisition to transform it into a vertically integrated producer when the Idaho Cobalt Operations (ICO) commences commercial production. SMP Refinery restart scenarios.

Idaho

Idaho Brazil Lithium Ion Australia

EV Driven

Electra updates mineral resource estimate at its Iron Creek cobalt-copper project in Idaho

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

U-M teams with Argonne, Idaho national labs to study potential energy savings of connected vehicles

Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

Dynexus licenses Idaho Lab’s IMB technology for forecasting battery health

DOE awards $18M to 5 projects to accelerate development of plug-in electric vehicles & use of other alternative fuels

Battery500 Consortium awarded $75M for Phase 2 of research

SAE publishes J2954 Recommended Practice (RP) enabling wireless charging to 11 kW

INL, UCSD researchers find slow, low-energy charging of Li batteries creates glassy lithium; high-performance Li-metal batteries

INL releases results of testing of Evatran Plugless 3.3 kW Level 2 wireless charging system

Raejean & Tessie’s photographic EV road trip

Wireless charging J2954 testing to 11 kW in 2017 for LD, HD starting up to 250 kW; autonomous charging and infrastructure proposal for California

11 Intriguing Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2023

Coulomb Racks Up Series of Charging Infrastructure Wins

Coulomb Technologies to Provide 4,600 Free Home and Public Charging Stations Through ChargePoint America Program

AI Plays Key Role in EV Charger Deployment and More

Mack LR Electric Class 8 refuse truck now in serial production

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

DOE selects 33 clean energy businesses for nearly $6.7M in support under Small Business Vouchers pilot

Mack Trucks introduces next-generation Mack LR Electric with improved range and capacity

SAE International publishes new J2954 wireless charging standard

US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

When (and How) Should You Use a DC EV Charger?

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

A Fresh Charge for Avista EV Program

What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Technology and How Does It Work?

ChargePoint completes ARRA-funded ChargePoint America program; 4,600 charging ports

Jervois to acquire SMP nickel & cobalt refinery in Brazil; concentrate from Idaho for refining, cobalt metal back to US

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