Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

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. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $73.9 million in funding for 10 projects to advance technologies and processes for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and reuse. MW-Scale Swappable and Reusable Second-Use EV Battery Energy Storage Unit for Maximum Cost-Effectiveness. Element Energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6-million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging systems in the United States that will be powered by a solar and storage microgrid. LADOT will deploy 1.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding a combined $2.8 billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. Earlier post.) Of that, $1.6

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tesla nickel supplier BHP announced that construction on one of the world’s largest off-grid mining solar and battery energy storage systems has started. BHP, a world-leading resources company in Australia, is working with TransAlta to shift its mines from fossil fuels to renewable energy. MW solar farm at Mt.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2019

The program represents the largest deployment of electric school buses in the United States. After the initial 50, Dominion Energy plans to add 200 per year for the next 5 years. TBB offers electrical infrastructure project management and a comprehensive turnkey solution for EV integration.

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Teslarati

MAY 23, 2024

The Shanghai Megafactory represents the electric vehicle maker’s first dedicated energy storage facility outside the United States. And considering that the Megapack is designed for grid use , the upcoming facility is poised to play a notable role in the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2021

Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. With E-STOR commercial scale energy storage systems, end users can generate new revenues, save energy costs and make better use of renewable energy generation.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 28, 2021

DOE announces $209 million for electric vehicles battery research . Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $209 million in funding for 26 new laboratory projects focusing on electric vehicles, advanced batteries and connected vehicles. Granholm. “By Senator Michael Bennet (CO). Senator Alex Padilla (CA).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2021

This standard defines the design and testing requirements to certify that bi-directional, grid tied, “smart” inverters and electric vehicle (EV) chargers can be safely used to support the distributed generation (DG) grid services and applications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

A coalition of 13 leading industrial companies and electric utilities, including General Motors Company, The Dow Chemical Company and Duke Energy, issued a white paper recommending the installation of up to 300 GWh of distributed energy storage (DES) systems around the country by 2022. value proposition. of DES systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2020

This standard defines the design and testing requirements to certify that bidirectional, grid tied, “smart” inverters and electric vehicle (EV) chargers can be safely used to support the distributed generation (DG) grid services and applications.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Volta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging and media company, announced that a project application it collaborated on with Imagen Energy, a developer of compact high-power EV chargers, was awarded a $12-million grant from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2019

UL announced that 4R Energy Corporation, a joint venture of Nissan Motors and Sumitomo Corporation focusing on the effective reuse of EV batteries for energy storage systems, is the first organization worldwide to be certified to UL 1974 , the Standard for Evaluation for Repurposing Batteries.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 22, 2023

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has recently issued a warning that much of the United States faces a heightened risk of blackouts during extreme heat conditions this summer. This is particularly concerning given the growing reliance on electric vehicles in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2022

Natron Energy, a manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries, and Clarios International Inc., This collaboration will place the United States at the forefront of sodium-ion battery manufacturing. Future applications may also include electric vehicles and grid energy storage. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

APRIL 17, 2024

Mass production of the grid-scale Megapack battery units is reportedly expected to start in Q1 2025. Tesla China’s Megafactory would be the company’s first energy storage plant built outside the United States. The facility is Tesla’s largest electric vehicle plant by raw volume.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The accelerating shift towards sustainable lifestyles has fueled the adoption of electric vehicles as a primary mode of daily transportation. In 2023, Kelley Blue Book reported an unprecedented purchase of 1,189,051 electric vehicles in the United States alone, while global EV sales are projected to range between 9.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2010

A group of US and Canadian power grid operators, who manage most of the North American bulk electric grid collectively, studied the effect that plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) would have on the electric power grid. ISO RTO operating regions. Click to enlarge. PJM); and the Southwest Power Pool, Inc.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 3, 2024

Happy New Year to all electric vehicle (EV) charger hosts and drivers! jump in EV sales in the United States (39.5% There are also peak times throughout the year (generally summer when more air conditioning units are being used). Here are a few ideas for Blink Hosts.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2024

To accomplish this, the electric vehicle maker will reportedly launch a new battery manufacturing plant that uses idle equipment from one of its battery suppliers, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Interestingly enough, the upcoming battery facility will reportedly not produce cells for Tesla’s electric vehicles.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

An astounding 376 Tesla Megapack batteries were recently sighted at the electric vehicle maker’s Megafactory in Lathrop, California. Being the company’s largest battery storage unit, the Megapack is designed for grid use, and it has successfully been deployed in key projects in Australia and the United States, among others.

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Blink Charging

JULY 27, 2023

Blink Charging recently announced our first battery energy storage system (also referred to as a BES system or BESS) in Pennsylvania that includes four direct current fast chargers (DCFCs). This innovative electric vehicle (EV) charging station will be beneficial to both drivers and businesses that want to host DCFC charging stations.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Toyota has announced that it will work with Oncor, a Texas-based electric utility, on vehicle-to-grid technology that may compete with Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant. Tesla has sparked new interest in energy products since its launch of the Tesla Powerwall.

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Blink Charging

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The ever-changing environmental landscape has significantly heightened the frequency of natural disasters, costing the United States an average of $18 billion annually over the past five years. billion by 2028 in the United States, the future of disaster recovery must include planning for EVs.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 26, 2024

Low or No Emission Vehicle (Low No) [4] and the Bus and Bus Facilities Formula Program [5] , both competitive grants through the Federal Transportation Administration, are predicted to provide roughly $1.7 billion toward electrifying public transportation across the United States. 6] The U.S. is not electrifying alone.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

US President Joe Biden announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030. As countries look to accelerate this transition, the modernization of power grids and integration of energy storage will also be increasingly important.

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Blink Charging

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Electric vehicles, renewable energy systems, and grid energy storage all rely on efficient and affordable energy storage solutions, primarily lithium-ion batteries. But the price of these batteries had been a major roadblock to electric vehicle adoption.

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Setec Powerr

AUGUST 25, 2022

Charging facilities and electric vehicle development are positively correlated, and the only way to drive better growth of electric vehicles is to network and scale the construction of charging facilities. Our charging solutions are divided into fixed charging facilities and emergency energy storage systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

A 10 kWh battery energy storage system in the garage, using the same lithium-ion cells that are used in the Honda Fit EV, allows stored solar energy to be used at night, when household demand typically peaks and electric vehicles are usually charged. DC-to-DC electric vehicle charging.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2011

(A) Energy storage potential (ESP) based on annual production of the elements. only for grid-scale batteries? Vehicle batteries should have high specific. energy and energy density. What is the energy storage potential (in TWh) based on annual production. flow”) and reserve base (“stock”)?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2012

Balqon Corporation, a developer of heavy-duty electric vehicles, drive systems and lithium battery storage devices, has introduced high-capacity lithium-ion batteries as an alternative to the current industrial deep cycle lead acid batteries. HIQAP batteries include large format 1000 Ah and 700 Ah, 3.25

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

We are currently expanding our Auto Start-Stop technology across 70 percent of our lineup, and this dual-battery system has the potential to bring even more levels of hybridization to our vehicles for greater energy savings across the board. —Ted Miller, senior manager, Energy Storage Strategy and Research, Ford Motor Company.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 21, 2021

A Microburst Cuts Us Off From The Grid June is always very dry in most of the southwest United States, and it’s the hottest month of the year. Phoenix often approaches 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49C) and sometimes tops it, while other high desert lowlands spend days at a time with highs over 110F (43C). Between […].

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Johnson Controls and NEC had submitted complementary bids, Johnson Controls for the automotive and government assets and NEC for the grid and commercial assets. Sale to Wanxiang is also subject to review by the Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and requires approval by the US government.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

In support of President Obama’s goal of having 1 million advanced technology vehicles on US roads by 2015, the President’s Budget submitted today proposes a new effort to support electric vehicle manufacturing and adoption in the United States through new consumer.

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