Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this month’s special report on the greening of transportation, we examine a moonshot idea for powering electric vehicles, the biggest change in aviation since the jet engine, and cargo ships with a battle-tested mode of generation. Patel describes several efforts around the world to adapt SMRs to the marine environment.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Endesa, Spain’s largest utility, has developed a prototype V2G (Vehicle to Grid) charger that enables electric vehicles to return stored power to the grid. The company projects that the technology could be a reality in 2020, and would allow electric vehicle users to sell surplus energy.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks.

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JUNE 27, 2022

Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

For electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles the carbon intensity of the power grid is also a key factor in terms of the vehicle’s full life cycle emissions.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its Grid Energy Storage report to the members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. of total electric production capacity) of grid storage, 95% of which is pumped storage hydro. Europe and Japan have notably higher fractions of grid storage. GW (approx.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

In its analysis of the potential environmental impacts of the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle program, the Postal Service underestimated the expected greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline-powered vehicles and overestimated the emissions tied to battery-electric vehicles, according to U-M researchers. Woody et al.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Up to 30 electric vehicles at a time can recharge in Fraunhofer IAO’s parking garage. The aim of charge@work is to design a micro smart grid (MSG) capable of supplying the EV fleet with electricity produced exclusively from renewable sources. Charging an electric vehicle fleet poses high requirements on the energy system.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

A large scale roll-out of electric cars on European roads would result in significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions and lower levels of certain air pollutants, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment. However, larger numbers of electric vehicles will not be enough for the shift to a low-carbon economy.

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MAY 6, 2021

Stockton Unified School District collaborated with the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), Schneider Electric, Sage Energy Consulting and The Mobility House to develop a comprehensive roadmap for achieving net-zero emissions. Funding of $4.94

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

simplifying electric vehicle (EV) charging and payment for consumers, regardless of their location. Part of the Green eMotion project, the initiative is funded by the European Union with the goal to establish a Europe-wide infrastructure for electric vehicles by 2015.

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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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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has deployed the first electric vehicle (EV) aggregation system using the new Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standard for bidirectional power using direct current (DC) fast charging. SwRI’s electric vehicle aggregation system is an integrated component of the SPIDERS Secure Microgrid.

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APRIL 12, 2022

There are now more than 29,000 electric vehicles registered in New York City and Westchester, including 1,262 added in February, the most recent month for which data are available, according to Con Edison, the electricity, gas and steam utility for New York CIty and Westchester County, NY. Curbside Charging.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

An initial project will connect the JuiceNet EV charging platform to one of LO3’s transactive energy marketplaces, activating local renewable energy to be traded between the microgrid and electric vehicle owners. Local energy trading platforms are taking a foothold as a scalable and cost-effective way to enable flexibility management.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

Volkswagen has begun expanding its Chattanooga factory to build a North American center for electric vehicles—not only for assembly, but for engineering the EVs of the future. There are two ways that auto companies approach the development of electric vehicle batteries. We are doing the latter.

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AUGUST 13, 2020

As our Nation’s energy system continues to undergo dramatic transformations, there is a growing need for research on how to best integrate all of our energy resources on the grid in order to provide the most reliable and affordable electricity to the American people.

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APRIL 12, 2022

At its first digital ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Conference for investors and analysts, Mercedes-Benz announced aims to at least halve CO 2 emissions per passenger car over the lifecycle by the end of this decade compared to 2020 levels. Green steel and aluminum. The battery is the biggest lever for reducing CO 2.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Two-way EV charging will reduce that even further- using EV batteries to power homes (vehicle-to-home V2H), buildings (vehicle-to-building V2B) or feed it back to the grid with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Policy makers, regulators, and power industry players must create the environment for V2G to happen.

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Charging Electric Vehicles Future Power 52

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MARCH 5, 2023

It features the flexibility to change the layout of the fuel cell units to suit the installation environment and to accommodate cubic, L-shaped, Z-shaped, and other packaging configurations. The company has been developing hydrogen technologies and fuel cell vehicles for more than 30 years. m 2 Approx.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The environmental law centers at UCLA and UC Berkeley Schools of Law today released a new policy paper on industry actions and federal, state, and local policies needed to ensure that California catalyzes mass adoption of electric vehicles by 2025, with the goal of building a long-term market in the US. non-plug-in) in the US.

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California Electric Vehicles Climate Change Vehicles 265

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MARCH 10, 2013

A plot of ESOI for 7 potential grid-scale energy storage technologies. Benson from Stanford University and Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) has quantified the energetic costs of 7 different grid-scale energy storage technologies over time. Credit: Barnhart and Benson, 2013. Click to enlarge. Barnhart and Sally M.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

In an effort to further understand and expand the possibilities of smart charging for electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), BMW of North America announced a second phase of its BMW ChargeForward program. Earlier post.) Phase One Findings.

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APRIL 9, 2013

a company that develops semiconductor components and advanced circuits for the management of battery systems used for grid storage and EVs, has introduced the SFP100, a high-precision current sensing IC, that extends by at least an order of magnitude the range of accurate measurements of current through a resistive shunt. Sendyne Corp.,

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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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JUNE 7, 2018

Seven companies—Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. TEPCO Power Grid, Inc.; Stabilizing the power grid requires the use of thermal power but this incurs costs in owning and maintaining such power generating plants. TEPCO); TEPCO Energy Partner, Inc.; Hitachi Systems Power Service, Ltd.; and Hitachi Solutions, Ltd.—have

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Given the specific barriers, suggests author Andrea Beltramello, there is a role for government to support the development and diffusion of green vehicles, including through policies to strengthen the markets for green cars. Alternative fuels include biofuels, natural gas, hydrogen and electricity from the grid.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The report, “ Environmental Assessment of a Full Electric Transportation Portfolio ”, is based on a projection that by 2050 electricity replaces traditional fuels for approximately half of light- and medium-duty transportation and a significant portion of non-road equipment. —Mike Howard, EPRI president and CEO.

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EPRI Cleaner Grid Vehicles 150

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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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JUNE 9, 2022

Volkswagen of America (VWoA) opened its Battery Engineering Lab (BEL) in Chattanooga, to test and optimize batteries for all electric vehicles in the American marketplace. They can replicate every climatic environment in the world and scale between extreme settings well beyond what a typical customer would put a vehicle through.

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Engine Czech Republic Batteries Battery 259

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MAY 5, 2010

The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. NZN can integrate with the centralized grid. batteries); the creation of grid-enabled consumer-side energy generation appliances; and a robust set of standards and protocols.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

GtCO 2 /year (heavy-duty vehicles) and by 2.0 GtCO 2 /year (light duty vehicles) by 2030. A shift to more electric vehicles is also included. Estimates put the electric-drive share of new vehicle sales at between 7 - 10% by 2030. Fuel efficiency measures could potentially reduce emissions by 0.88

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AUGUST 19, 2009

GM is embracing the use of communications standards that operate with optional data transports to enable smart charging and integration with the emerging smart grid. EVSE=Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. A network of smart loads with communications to report their current state and act on smart grid commands.

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MAY 3, 2021

They also focus on educating the public about the benefits of electric vehicle adoption, promoting the eMobility industry as a whole as well as their individual organizations’ agendas. REA recently merged with the UK Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association (UKEVSE).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Adopted in 2014, AFID ( Directive 2014/94/EU ) creates the framework for the development of an alternative fuels infrastructure in Europe, including electricity for electric vehicles as well as hydrogen for fuel cells and LNG for shipping. Otherwise, even the current reduction targets in fighting climate change are at risk.

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JULY 14, 2022

Demand for lithium—a critical material used in batteries for electric vehicles, grid-scale electricity storage, phones, and laptops—has grown rapidly in recent years, with global demand expected to increase 500% by 2050.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel will supply the advanced battery systems at the heart of a new project, based in Tsukuba City, Japan, combining electric vehicles (EVs), stationary grid storage, solar power and a rapid charging infrastructure a in a real-world operating environment. Earlier post.).

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