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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Volvo Cars Tech Fund invests in electric car charging company FreeWire

Green Car Congress

FreeWire is a San Francisco-based company that has been a pioneer in flexible fast-charging technology for electric cars. It specializes in both stationary and mobile fast charging technology, allowing electric car charging to be deployed quickly and widely. —Zaki Fasihuddin, CEO of the Volvo Cars Tech Fund.

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Element 1 and NEXA Capital form JV to bring methanol-based hydrogen generation to aerospace sector

Green Car Congress

HADC is a special purpose energy company that will commercialize e1’s proprietary methanol-to-hydrogen generation technology for fuel cell applications within the aerospace sector including: Grid independent charging of electric aircraft. Grid independent charging of airport equipment, service vehicles and airport based rental cars.

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Self-Generation Nation – Solar Sales Soar Amid Escalating Energy Costs

My Energi

Self-Generation Nation – Solar Sales Soar Amid Escalating Energy Costs. In 2021 alone, wholesale costs soared by upwards of 250%. Each of our products help households to consume more of their self-generated energy and minimise reliance on the grid. In result?

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IDTechEx: we need fast, reliable and ubiquitous public charging stations

Green Car Congress

These represent the future of EV charging, though the fastest technology is currently limited to the most expensive electric cars, such as the Porsche Taycan, Audi e-Tron GT, BMW iX, and Lucid Air. Charging without a grid connection - the launch of Infrastructure-as-a-service.

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IDTechEx: Nio spearheading battery swapping expansion beyond China

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The new report “ Battery Swapping for Electric Vehicles 2022-2032: Technology, Players and Forecasts ” by IDTechEx includes forecasts for global adoption of this technology outside of China. This is a unique feature of battery swapping stations that could be exploited in the future to make them act as grid-support units.

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The Main Types of Electric Car Plugs for Charging Station Connection

EV Connect

If you know anything about how electric cars work, you know that they operate via a lithium-ion battery. The battery is recharged by plugging the car into an EV charging station. But did you know there are different types of electric car plugs, and each one has different capabilities, costs and charging speeds?

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