Connected Grid Hybrid Sacramento 
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 6, 2018
The vehicles are 2015-2016 models, with battery technology that enables an everyday range of about 80-90 miles—suited for in-town driving, and enough for travel between Davis and Sacramento. Dahlia Garas, program director of the Plug-In Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center, with a BMW i3. —Dahlia Garas.
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).
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 10, 2011
The California Energy Commission has awarded $1,585,490 to spur research on projects including a solid-state Li-ion battery system for grid-scale energy storage. The project is intended to help validate the performance advantages of the company’s technology for use in grid-tied energy storage and community energy storage—i.e.,
Green Car Congress
APRIL 1, 2010
For the vehicle application, Hohm will help owners determine when and how to most efficiently and affordably recharge battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles. Hohm is also intended to help utility companies manage the added demands of electric vehicles on the electric grid.
Electric Auto Association
JANUARY 5, 2023
Founding EVA chapter connects with entrepreneurial stars. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. Tesla licensed the technology.”
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 21, 2014
The work was done under the DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability’s (OE) Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG program). Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). Major findings were grouped in three categories: charging behavior; grid impacts; and technology issues. Grid impacts. Charging behaviors.
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
BMW has announced it is expanding its ChargeForward incentive program to drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles living in the contiguous United States. One of the biggest obstacles presented by EVs is that widespread usage would result in explosive energy demand many electrical grids may not be able to accommodate.
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