Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The remarkable advantage for BMW customers in using BMW i3 batteries as a plug and play storage application is the ability to tap into an alternative resource for residential and commercial backup power, thus using renewable energy much more efficiently, and enabling additional revenues from the energy market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The world’s largest 2nd-use battery storage is starting up. The 13 MWh project is now nearing completion after a construction time of just under one year; a total of 1,000 battery systems from second-generation smart fortwo electric drive cars are being grouped into a battery storage in Lünen, Westphalia.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 2, 2022

Next-gen GM and PG&E BY RON FREUND, Member, Electric Auto Association of silicon valley. There’s been a lot of talk about electric vehicles (EVs) acting as backup power for homes during blackouts—so much so that Ford is now using the concept as a central component of its marketing campaign for the F-150 Lightning.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

Often there are hardware limitations because electric panels are limited to a specific amp capacity per condo. It’s time to get technical: does the building have enough electricity to charge EVs? As a result, using smart charging might help you avoid expensive electrical infrastructure upgrades.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

year EU-funded project developing a prototype material which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts ( earlier post )—has created two components for the testing and further development of the technology. Click to enlarge. —Qian et al. 2012.12.015.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

Electricity generation from variable renewable electricity sources (VRE) such as wind and solar power has grown rapidly and is expected to continue to do so. However, the distributed, non-synchronous, and weather-dependent nature of the resources causes specific challenges when integrating them into power systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

The Lithium-ion batteries are intended for use in electric vehicles and as solar power storage systems. ZSW designed the cells, developed the manufacturing process and produced a small sample series in the 18650 format. The technology has also created the basis for manufacturing large-size pouch and prismatic cells.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2009

The technology has the potential for use in a wide range of applications including the automotive industry and particularly the development of hybrid and electric vehicles. Journal of Power Sources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

A study of a hybrid tugboat, funded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and conducted by UC Riverside, found that when compared with a conventional diesel-powered version, a hybrid tugboat can reduce emissions of PM 2.5 quantify the effects of the diesel electric drive train versus batteries on the total emission.

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Plug in America

JULY 21, 2023

EVs are Better for the Environment Over the course of their lifetimes , EVs generate less than half of the GHG emissions of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles. This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. In addition, electricity in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2012

Milczarek and Inganäs describe how a class of organic compounds known as quinones allows the lignin derivatives to shed a proton and store this electric charge in its place. Materials for charge storage are desired from easily accessible and renewable sources. Their research appears in the 23 March issue of the journal Science.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2014

But for something like building or grid-level power storage—where they’re just going to sit there—the fact that you get more kilowatt hours per dollar becomes a strong selling point. —UMD Professor Chunsheng Wang. Sodium-ion batteries are also heavier, so for now they’re not suitable for most vehicles and airplanes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

The extracted rock can be used directly as a power plant resource or it can be processed to produce shale oil, which in turn can be refined into gasoline, diesel or jet fuels. Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2022

BYD introduced its Type A battery-electric school bus that also offers innovative vehicle-to-grid technology, allowing the vehicle to serve as a power storage resource when it’s not transporting students. BYD’s battery-electric technology can cut fuel costs by as much as 60% compared to diesel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Michigan Assembly will operate on a blend of renewable and conventional electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2012

A team from Stanford University and Ruhr-Universität Bochum have demonstrated the novel concept of a “desalination battery” that uses an electrical energy input to extract sodium and chloride ions from seawater and to generate fresh water. Credit: ACS, Pasta et al. Click to enlarge. Their paper is published in the ACS journal Nano Letters.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2015

sulfur batteries, particularly for use in emerging markets, including portable devices, electric vehicles, and large-scale power storage systems for renewable energies. We believe that these results might advance the development of practical lithium?sulfur —Lee et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

In the first group, 16 awards totaling $435 million will support fully integrated, regional Smart Grid demonstrations in 21 states, representing more than 50 utilities and electricity organizations with a combined customer base of almost 100 million consumers. Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies (TX).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2016

volts, so only 8% of the electrical energy is turned to heat. Instead, the oxygen stays inside the solid and transforms directly between its three redox states, while bound in the form of three different solid chemical compounds, Li 2 O, Li 2 O 2 , and LiO 2 , which are mixed together in the form of a glass. volts to 0.24 2016.111.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2019

Greenlots, a US-based provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management software and solutions, signed an agreement to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell New Energies US LLC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc. Shell aims to make electricity a significant part of its business.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Under the technology designation EQ Power, the latest electric model (destined for subsequent series production) from the Mercedes-Benz family combines fuel-cell and battery technology in the form of a plug-in hybrid. This conserves resources while lowering the system costs with no compromises in terms of performance.

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Driivz

MAY 31, 2022

Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver. Why Driivz for Smart EV Charging and Smart Energy Management? What is EV Smart Charging?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I ’s power generation, he said. Mr. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is thought that the cars that Renault is building to function with the Better Place model will have the ability to have its power supply swapped and the newly announced Tesla Model S is said to also incorporate this concept. The thing is, you really dont want EVs to be charging during the day when there is so much other electrical usage.

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