CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 23, 2022

Since June 2020, a team from the Australian National University in Canberra has been investigating the possible integration of electric vehicles into the grid. Known as REVS (Realizing Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Services), the trial is implementing vehicle-to-grid technology in a fleet of 51 Nissan Leafs in Canberra.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 23, 2022

We’ve got some more findings to dive into based on the Interim Social Report from the Realizing Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Services (REVS) trial in Australia.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2019

(BJEV), a subsidiary of the BAIC Group, have entered into a development partnership to establish second-life energy storage systems in China in the future. Together, Mercedes-Benz Energy and Beijing Electric Vehicle plan to set up the first 2nd-life energy storage unit in Beijing, making use of retired BJEV electric car batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2014

A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced Nanophosphate lithium iron phosphate batteries and systems, is selling its grid storage business and other assets related to energy storage for telecom and IT data storage applications to NEC Corporation for approximately $100 million.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Nissan and other makers are beginning to view electric cars not as just as transportation, but as mobile energy-storage units that can provide emergency power and take stress off electrical grids.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2021

million, three-stage competition will work to develop affordable, manufacturable materials that conduct electricity more efficiently and upgrade the US manufacturing and transportation infrastructures. For more than a century, the conductivity of materials that carry electricity has remained almost unchanged.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 31, 2022

So, the thinking goes, an electric car isn’t very green, is it? One of the big “gotchas” anti-EV people on social media like to pull out is the future of your battery. In their heads, an expensive EV battery pack isn’t going to last very long and is utterly unrecyclable. Checkmate, libs!

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2021

While I think that of the major vendors, VW is most likely to thrive in the transition to fully electric vehicles, its vehicle-to-grid offerings are so early that they are best thought of as an experimental platform.

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Teslarati

JUNE 3, 2021

million to help develop advanced batteries from electric cars and grid energy storage. Dahn and Tesla have worked together since 2016 when the two signed a five-year partnership to improve energy density and the life cycle of lithium-ion batteries. Jeff Dahn, $2.9 million in funding.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 27, 2021

The off-grid clean energy chargers will provide electricity in emergency situations and charge zero-emissions state fleets. They will be paired with energy storage systems in order to provide electricity during outages, at night, and when weather reduces solar production.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

Elli Group GmbH , with headquartered in Berlin, is to develop products and services connected with energy and charging for the brands of the Group. As one of the world’s largest automakers, Volkswagen is going to force the pace of the urgently needed transport and energy transition to emission-neutral e-mobility.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The research project iZEUS is developing concepts and practical examples for the integration of electromobility in private and urban commercial transport. The goal of the research is to develop one uniform transport concept that will be tested and demonstrated with the help of fleet tests made up of a significant number of test vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

CODA, a California-based designer and manufacturer of battery systems and electric cars, has closed a $58-million Series C investment round, increasing total invested capital to more than $125 million. CODA’s Singapore office will participate in the company’s research and development efforts into vehicle-to-grid technology.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 13, 2022

GM and Ford will work with PG&E to test bi-directional charging systems.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Renewable energies, energy storage and e-mobility play a central role in achieving climate protection targets. As efficient and environmentally friendly mobility solutions, electric vehicles have an important contribution to make to the energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Quimera is aiming to change the way that electrical cars are perceived by the car industry and raise public awareness regarding EV’s capacities, performance and range. Featuring three UQM motors developing a combined 700 bhp (522 kW), the AEGT has a top speed currently limited to 300 km/h (186 mph).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The approach builds upon existing state programs by identifying cost-effective actions to increase clean energy in the electric system and to leverage that clean electricity in the transportation and building sectors to achieve needed emissions reductions. Accelerating the use of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

The University of Delaware has signed the first license for its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology with AutoPort, Inc., The licensing agreement launches the first large-scale demonstration of the UD-developed V2G technology, which enables electric car owners to plug in their vehicles and send electricity back to electrical utilities.

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Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 6, 2021

A 5V Dual Carbon Battery that uses self-standing carbon fibre mats as both electrodes such as cathode and anode has been developed by the Electrochemical Energy Storage Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH). CART researching on driverless electric cars. Whereas IIT Delhi is also making all efforts.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The transportation industry is electrifying, and greening itself in other ways as well. Electric Cars XPeng Announces Vehicle Delivery Results for January 2022 Unique Polestar 2 “Arctic Circle” Exhibits Swedish EV Engineering Expertise ElectraMeccanica to Begin Delivery […].

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Driivz

MAY 4, 2021

The Sustainability Professionals group covers a range of industries – energy, water, waste, recycling, green building, etc. The Next Mobility & Energy: Automotive, Transportation, Energy, Innovation. This group’s emphasis is on the advancement of sustainable, renewable, and green energy solutions.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 6, 2021

Volkswagen board member Thomas Ulbricht says his company will offer V2G technology on every MEB-based car starting in January, 2022.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

As a seven-seater (optional, but standard in China), the new EQB offers space for many family constellations and a wide variety of transport needs. This gives it an exceptional position among electric cars. A particularly long-range version is also planned. The two seats in the third row can be used by people up to 1.65

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 2, 2021

Tesla is involved in an energy storage project for Apple and may be selling emissions credits to Volkswagen in China.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2015

A new study by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley shows quantitatively that EV batteries can continue to meet daily travel needs of drivers well beyond the 80% floor for remaining energy storage capacity that is commonly assumed.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Respectively, each one is suitable for a very different type of drive concept: for electric cars, fuel-cell vehicles and CNG vehicles. Audi wants to use green power to produce and also operate its electric-drive e-tron models in the future. The latter’s transport capacity, moreover, is just one tenth of that of the gas network.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The solicitation was designed as a call for early-stage clean energy innovations that fall within five defined technology areas: energy efficiency; energy storage; AI/machine learning; advanced power electronics/power conditioning; and zero- and negative-carbon emission generation. the cost of energy storage?by

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In response, researchers are intensifying efforts to understand and mitigate the impacts of increased power demand from EVs on the electric grid. New government mandates aim to scale back conventional engines and boost EV sales 50% by 2030. Recent analysis at […].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

In a review paper in the journal Nature Materials , Jean-Marie Tarascon (Professor at College de France and Director of RS2E, French Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage) and Clare Gray (Professor at the University of Cambridge), call for integrating the sustainability of battery materials into the R&D efforts to improve rechargeable batteries.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 6, 2021

It sends the lithium over to China to be refined, which isn’t good for the environment since China’s grid is still […]. It doesn’t.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2017

smart has unveiled the smart vision EQ fortwo, embodying a new vision of urban mobility and individualized highly flexible, efficient local public transport: the autonomous concept vehicle picks up its passengers directly from their chosen location. Mercedes-Benz is pursuing a holistic approach to powertrain electrification.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Extensive modifications to the drive, chassis, design and equipment will provide the hallmark AMG driving experience with all-electric drive. With our new drive strategy, we are transporting our hallmark DNA into an electrified future. The RSG is particularly responsive because it is integrated into the 400-volt high-voltage grid.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

At the 2023 Indianapolis 500 on May 28 in Indianapolis, Indiana, all 33 cars will be running on Shell 100-percent renewable biofuel, using carbon neutral motor oil, and rolling on Firestone Firehawk tires made with recycled plastics. Many of the team transporters will also be using biofuels.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 28, 2021

They are used in everything from cell phones to power tools to electric cars and more. Lithium-ion batteries are the most common battery in consumer electronics. However they have well defined characteristics that cause them to wear out, and understanding these characteristics can help you to double the life of your batteries or more.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 10, 2024

If the electric vehicle of the future is lightweight and energy efficient, power generations will be able to keep pace with electrification. The post The Electric Vehicle Of 2050: The Best Is Yet To Come appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The electric car market is experiencing massive growth, exceeding 10 million in sales in 2022. As a result, regulations and guidelines related to electric vehicles are changing frequently, and consumers and charging station hosts must be aware of new developments. Kentucky will implement the kWh tax starting in January 2024.

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EV Connect

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Transitioning our transportation infrastructure to a fully electric model is an urgent task. Yet it places unprecedented demand on our electrical grid. Just to drive 100 miles, the average electric vehicle (EV) uses the same amount of electricity that it takes to power a typical U.S. home for a day.

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