Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

and Gold Peak Battery-USA are research partners in the project. Gold Peak USA is supplying prototype LiMnO 2 polymer batteries. GM has verbally committed to apply this technology on the Chevy Volt energy storage system and to perform lab evaluations. The project is led by Argonne; Maxwell Technologies Inc.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

Working with a group of nearly 100 BMW i3 drivers, selected from approximately 400 applicants, BMW i ChargeForward will demonstrate how intelligent management of electric vehicle charging can contribute to optimizing electric power grid efficiency while reducing total cost of electric vehicle ownership. Second-life.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

BMW i ChargeForward is designed to explore how to better match the impact of electric vehicles with other dynamic energy supply and demand sources. The study has two parts, a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners and a battery second life energy storage system.

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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

A research project that is working on developing an actively coupled ultracapacitor battery system for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle applications is attracting attention from a number of manufacturers. It is hoped this will provide equal or better efficiency and net cost compared to current lithium-ion batteries.

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