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Groupe Renault launching large-scale V2G trials with fleet of 15 Zoe EVs

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Groupe Renault is beginning the first large-scale pilot schemes in alternating-current, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging in electric vehicles. Following these, more pilot schemes will be introduced in France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark. The pilot schemes will begin in the Netherlands and Portugal.

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Siemens Exploring Charging at Up to 300 kW for EVs; 6 Minutes for an EV Recharge

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The long-term goal is to achieve up to 300 kW of charging capacity—enabling a quick recharge in roughly 6 minutes. The development engineers are also investigating how the constant switching on and off of the batteries affects the power grid; the harmonics this generates could knock the grid out of sync.

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IDTechEx: Nio spearheading battery swapping expansion beyond China

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Norway now has two swap stations in operation, and Nio claims it will have 20 swap stations across Europe in countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden by the end of this year. 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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Enel, Nissan and IIT launch pilot corporate EV car charging project with V2G chargers

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The columns installed at the IIT will, for the moment, work uni-directionally for recharging and will be the subject of a pilot development project with IIT, pending the definition of the regulatory framework for V2G in Italy. Recently, 17 additional chargers have been installed across Denmark.

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Siemens Highlights Prototypes of New Drive Systems for Electric Cars

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Thus equipped, this eRUF will feature a bi-directional grid connection, which will allow it to be recharged in about two hours at a 400-volt electrical outlet—without the extra electrical circuitry typically required for recharging—and also permit it to feed energy back into the power grid via the same socket.

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Video Friday: Robots With Knives

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Upcoming robotics events for the next few months: RoboCup 2024 : 17–22 July 2024, EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS ICSR 2024 : 23–26 October 2024, ODENSE, DENMARK Cybathlon 2024 : 25–27 October 2024, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Please send us your events for inclusion. Enjoy today’s videos, and stay tuned for more ICRA posts!

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid.