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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Companies and universities in Michigan are receiving more than $1 billion of the grants. Production of DC bus capacitors including soft wound film and stacked film capacitors necessary for electric drive system power electronics. West Virginia University (NAFTC). Technology. KEMET Corporation. Simpsonville, SC. Powerex, Inc.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

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For over 95 percent of commercial buildings, half their bill is made up, not of how much energy they use, but what their peak 15-minute usage was during any time period during the month [ Editor’s note: these demand charges are a major headache for owners of DC fast charging stations ]. kilowatts and 48 amps of DC to the car.

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Volkswagen Group talks EV charging standards, electrification strategy

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One of approximately twenty VW Golf blue e-motion prototypes under test in the United States, with Eaton’s 50kW DC Quick Charger, at Volkswagen’s Electronics Research Laboratory, near San Francisco. The gathering marked the introduction of Eaton’s DC quick charger ( link ), one of which is now installed at ERL.

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