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Volkswagen Group sets up new group company for energy and charging: Elli

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The Volkswagen Group is establishing a Group company for energy offerings and charging solutions, underlining its strategic goal of becoming a leading provider of sustainable mobility. Elli Group GmbH , with headquartered in Berlin, is to develop products and services connected with energy and charging for the brands of the Group.

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Researchers developing DC micro smart grid for charging EV fleets; Li-ion, redox flow batteries and renewables

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A team from Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, together with Daimler AG and the Institute for Human Factors and Technology Management at the University of Stuttgart, is developing both the charging infrastructure and the energy management systems required to manage large fleets of EVs in a project called charge@work.

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

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Johnson and his team recently published an open-access summary of known electric vehicle charger vulnerabilities in the journal Energies. Sandia researchers are working with experts from Argonne, Idaho and Pacific Northwest national laboratories; the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and others as a national security laboratories team.

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BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

billion to grow its EV business and undercut the competition with aggressively low pricing. And these “superchargers” aren’t just DC fast chargers – they can charge EVs to 80% in just 10 minutes. So, the city has to plan carefully so as not to overburden the grid as both EVs and superchargers rapidly come online.

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Electric Vehicle Charging Principle

Setec Powerr

With soaring oil prices and global policy support, electric vehicles will become increasingly popular. In short, lithium-ion batteries store and release energy through chemical reactions. It needs AC-DC conversion, and the converted DC can charge the battery. How does a lithium-ion battery work?

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Why gas stations should add EV chargers?

Setec Powerr

With growing concerns about environmental friendliness and escalating natural gas prices, more and more consumers are looking for alternatives. EV chargers are divided into two key types: AC chargers and DC fast chargers. For example, using SETEC POWER’s 180kW fast charger , EVs can be charged from 0-80% in just 10 minutes.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $1.8M additional funding to further UCSD microgrid project; energy storage, EV charging and V2G services are components

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The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). —Energy Commission Chair Robert B. The Commission approved a $1.6-million Weisenmiller.