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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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In recent weeks, Texas residents who have a Tesla Powerwall and solar panels gained the opportunity to be a part of a backup power pilot program, which lets users get money for providing extra electricity back to the state’s […]

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Update: Elon Musk told Teslarati the expansion plans will accommodate Tesla Giga Texas’s “ecological paradise.” Ecological paradise plans from south portion of Giga Texas to river look great, however we must first get the factory financially on its feet. Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 21, 2022.

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Teslarati

JUNE 21, 2022

In a new plan from the Texas Department of Transportation, the state is setting aside $408 million for electric vehicle charging infrastructure over the next five years. Since Tesla moved its headquarters to Texas late last year, the state has made strides in EV adoption.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 25, 2023

Ford global director of sustainability thinks adopting electric vehicles could strengthen, not strain, the power grid.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 1, 2023

Here at CleanTechnica, we’ve written a great number of articles about Vehicle-To-Grid (V2G) technology.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 3, 2023

Starting with Texas, Tesla (TSLA) is now expanding its wings as a retail electricity provider. The electric auto manufacturing and energy company is currently providing cost-effective electricity to its Tesla vehicle owners and Tesla Powerwall (home battery storage) customers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2014

SwRI’s V2G aggregation system allows electric delivery truck fleet owners to make money by using normal vehicle charge times to assist in managing grid frequency. This laboratory test framework, using light bulbs in place of the vehicle chargers, allows SwRI engineers to continue to test and fine-tune the system post-deployment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2010

Li-ion manufacturer Valence Technology has been selected as the preferred residential/community battery technology provider for the “Smart Grid Community of the Future,” the first smart-grid solar-powered residential development in Texas, the Houston-area master planned community of Discovery at Spring Trails.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

Utilities and their regulators can match the readiness of fleets to deploy electric trucks with workable, commonsense plans to maximize the use of existing grid distribution capacity and plan for growth to meet future needs. California and Texas alone are projected to account for a combined 19% of charging energy needs in 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. Headquartered at The University of Texas at Austin, Pecan Street Inc. s demonstration project, which now has the nation’s highest residential concentration of electric-drive vehicles in place. Supported by a $10.4

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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.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 17, 2021

Electric Pickups Can’t Carry the Load on Their Own, but They’ll Sure Help.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Ford Motor Company and Oncor announced they are coordinating efforts to help prepare North Texas for the operation of electric vehicles. Cooperation between Ford and Oncor also involves working with the state and local governments on the most efficient ways to bring EVs to north Texas. Earlier post.).

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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. Toyota has now doubled down and will collaborate with an electric utility in Texas to offer customers vehicle-to-grid technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

In most cases the existing technology grid can accommodate truck charging at depots. For years, the trucking industry has been skeptical of heavy-duty electric vehicles. A final focus of the research was to assess whether today’s electricity distribution grid could adequately support heavy-duty depot charging.

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Teslarati

MAY 27, 2023

Tesla is pushing customers in Texas to commit to a new Model 3 purchase by offering a new charging incentive that will allow owners to charge at home for free for one year. Tesla’s commonly used charging incentives to help push vehicles out the door, but these efforts usually occur at the end of a quarter.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Texas-based automaker teased for a long time that the Cybertruck would be equipped with advanced technology, and it did just that with Powershare. Now, other electric vehicles have similar bidirectional charging features. Tesla’s Cybertruck has finally hit the streets, and it isn’t playing any games.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The company currently has more than 50 patents focused on creating more efficient and sustainable lithium extraction processes, as well as lithium batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale renewable energy storage.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 27, 2012

On the list of reasons to dislike electric cars, arguments about electricity grids being unable to cope with demand are often fairly near the top.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. Texas Tech University – Tech Desal. University of Texas at Austin – Freeman Lab. Nearly all of the US lithium stock is imported.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2011

A study by researchers at the University of Texas found that in general, use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can lead to an increase in ozone during nighttime hours (due to decreased scavenging from both vehicles and EGU stacks) and a decrease in ozone during daytime hours. Tammy M Thompson et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2021

El Paso Electric (EPE) has filed its Transportation Electrification Plan (TEP) with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission ( NMPRC ) for approval. An Electrification Grid Impact Study to help guide EPE’s system planning efforts based on a projected increase of EV adoption and electricity consumption.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Residents are then able to use the stored electricity to either power their electric vehicles (EVs), offer backup power to their homes, or send it directly to the electrical grid — the latter of which is often used in times of peak demand.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2011

Researchers at the University of Texas, including Dr. John Goodenough, are proposing a strategy for high-capacity next-generation alkali (lithium or sodium)-ion batteries using water-soluble redox couples as the cathode. Example of a lithium-water rechargeable battery. Credit: ACS, Lu et al. Click to enlarge. —Lu et al. John Goodenough.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The University of Michigan (U-M) and eight partner institutions will explore the use of ceramic ion conductors as replacements for the traditional liquid or polymer electrolytes in common lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and in flow cells for storing renewable energy in the grid.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In Tesla’s Q2 2022 Update Letter , the electric vehicle maker noted that solar deployments increased during the quarter to 106 MW. In Texas, the company has launched Tesla Electric , which also uses Powerwall batteries and solar. .

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. Achieving our EV vision to have 1.5

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission. year grid study from the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

million electric vehicles in its service areas by 2030. If realized, EVs would make up 20% of all vehicles on the road in those areas—more than 30 times the number today. Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Powering 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2012

to prepare for the roll-out and integration of the new BMW ActiveE electric vehicle (EV). Tendril will demonstrate how its cloud platform integrates the BMW ActiveE with the home area network to provide orchestrated and prioritized charging at DistribuTECH taking place 24-26 January in San Antonio, Texas.).

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Tesla’s Megafactory is the electric vehicle maker’s dedicated production plant for the Megapack, its flagship energy product designed for grid use. This suggests that the backlog for Megapack orders is massive, and there is more than enough demand for the grid-scale battery. million per 3.9

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Structurally and Electrochemically Stabilized Silicon-rich Anodes for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications. e-Mosaic: Electrification Mosaic Platform for Grid- Informed Smart Charging Management. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits. Demonstrating Electric Shuttles for the New Orleans Region.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to reports, US President Biden said that the Australian electric vehicle charging company Tritium DCFC will build a charging pile factory in Tennessee, USA, which will have a “ripple effect” that will benefit American workers and the entire planet. ” “This plant will help build America and help U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2016

A US-wide county-level study comparing lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several light-duty passenger gasoline and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has found that PEVs can have larger or smaller carbon footprints than gasoline vehicles depending on regional factors and the specific vehicle models being compared.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Ford announced two partnerships with utilities in Texas— Austin Energy in Austin and Centerpoint Energy in Houston—to prepare those two regions for electric vehicles. Ford and the two partners plan to work with state and local officials around permitting and regulations to support electric vehicle infrastructure.

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