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BMW i ChargeForward Program to demo contribution of intelligent EV charging to grid efficiency

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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). EV battery “second life” system using MINI E vehicle batteries.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Kia EV6 GT

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report spent several hours on a beautiful December Las Vegas day driving the 2023 Kia EV6 GT. Regenerative braking, which uses the motors to slow the car, recharges the battery when slowing or coasting converting kinetic energy into electric energy, which is stored in the battery. Now as fast as it looks.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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gas into a liquid transportation fuel by combining fuel cell. utility of geographically isolated gas reserves. Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. convert natural gas into transportable liquids in one step. remote oil wells burn natural gas as a by-product because it is not. Gas Technology.

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World’s first hydrogen station for commercial trucks opens – is it too late?

Baua Electric

Most hydrogen produced today requires methane, which is a fossil fuel and a strong greenhouse gas contributor. FirstElement says that its supplier, Air Liquide in Las Vegas, uses natural gas as “feedstock” for its hydrogen. Electricity that it says will come from the stored hydrogen.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

An EV like this would need to store 6KWHrs of power in the batteries if we assume the system is 100% efficient. A visit to the gas station takes minutes not seconds and so the California Air Resource board, when it established fast charging standards, set the goal of charging the batteries to 80% in 10 minutes.