Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Extended range electric vehicle powertrain company ALTe ( earlier post ) is tracking to produce a limited number of production-caliber vehicle powertrains by December, and plans to ramp up production in the first quarter of 2013, said CEO John Thomas in a recent interview with Green Car Congress. Earlier post.) —John Thomas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Expanding its portfolio of solutions for the marine electrification industry, Leclanché is introducing a new “ports and harbor” infrastructure solution enabling hybrid and fully electric vessels to fast charge when returning to port. The Amherst Islander II (Damen 6819 E3) is fully electric with a 1.9 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

The 100% electric A110 E-ternité prototype had its world premiere at the French Formula 1 Grand Prix. A rolling laboratory, the A110 E-ternité is an open-top car which maintains Alpine’s agility with a lightness unequalled for an electric car in this segment. A single ECU was installed to ensure communication between the two systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), have launched an 18-month pilot of the BMW i ChargeForward Program in the San Francisco Bay Area. The study has two parts: (1) a managed charge pilot program involving BMW i3 owners; and (2) a battery second-life energy storage system. Second-life.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2013

The XeroPoint Hybrid system consists of a diesel engine and an electric motor that independently or simultaneously drive a propulsion shaft. With only the diesel engine providing power, the electric motor acts as a shaft-driven generator providing power to meet the vessels hotel loads. batteries). batteries).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2011

introduced a system which enables electricity to be supplied from the lithium-ion batteries installed in Nissan LEAF to ordinary households (i.e., With this system, Nissan LEAF can be used as an electricity storage device for houses in preparation for power outages and/or shortages. Nissan Motor Co., vehicle-top-home).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

Schematic comparing the cost and dispatchability of PV to CSP with thermal storage. The “PV+Storage” box includes the high cost of electrical storage for PV. The FOCUS Program target zone for electricity generation is indicated. b) Hybrid storage system (award Category 2). Source: ARPA-E. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Evonik Industries, STEAG, and other project partners put a lithium electricity storage system (LESSY) into operation at STEAG’s Fenne power plant in Völklingen, Saarland, Germany. Installed capacity is 466 MW. LESSY functions by creating a buffer when more energy is generated than consumed.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Four companies—Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission—have proposed a first-in-the-US, $8-billion green energy initiative that would bring large amounts of clean electricity to the Los Angeles area by 2023. million megawatt-hours per year vs. 3.9 million megawatt-hours.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

PowerCell Sweden AB has received the first marine order for two PowerCell S3 prototype stacks, which Swiss Hydrogen will install on a ship powered by photovoltaics. PowerCells’ partner Swiss Hydrogen is developing energy systems for a range of fuel cell applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2009

A new draft working paper published by the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center concluded that a PHEV pack comprising lithium iron phosphate cells would incur little capacity loss from combining vehicle-to-grid (V2G) activities with regular driving. Different DoD did not have a large impact on capacity fade. Source: Peterson et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2015

Kawasaki City and Toshiba have installed the system at the Kawasaki Marien public facility and Higashi-Ogishima-Naka Park in the Kawasaki Port area. H2One combines photovoltaic installations, storage batteries, hydrogen-producing water electrolysis equipment, hydrogen and water tanks, and fuel cells. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

The battery storage system electrified by BMW i is sized so it can be placed in the basement or the garage of a detached house, where the stored energy can either be used for electrically-operated devices in the home or for charging the battery of an electric car. BMW i 360° Electric. ChargeForward.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2016

Spruce, an expert in residential solar and efficiency financing, and sonnen are developing financing purely focused on residential electricity storage, and plan to make it available to sonnen's channel partners in the first quarter of 2016. Since then, the company has installed about 10,000 storage solutions throughout Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

The Aurora product employs Eos’s patented Znyth battery technology that uses a safe aqueous electrolyte and a novel zinc-hybrid cathode to enable extremely low-cost electricity storage and long life. With a 30-year life, Eos is can provide peak electricity at a levelized cost of $0.12-0.17 —Eos President Steve Hellman.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

to vehicle fleets and shared mobility players, such as the ZITY electric car-sharing service. RE-ENERGY: To offer solutions for the production, storage and management of green energies. Electric vehicles batteries are at the heart of the transformation of the automotive industry because of their potential applications.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The new F800 Style is a five-seat upper-range sedan featuring an all-new multi drive platform suited for a hydrogen fuel cell electric drive with a range of almost 600 kilometers (373 miles) as well as the a plug-in hybrid drive with a 30 km (19 mile) all-electric range. This applies in particular to the electric drive with fuel cell.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Sanyo Electric Co. Sanyo’s nickel hydride battery is installed in the Insight hybrid of Honda Motor Co. In 2008, Volkswagen and Sanyo announced a partnership to work on next-generation high-performance automotive electric storage systems based on lithium-ion technology. 7267) and vehicles of Ford Motor Co.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2015

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). This makes it possible to take advantage of flexible electricity pricing that varies depending on the time of day.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2016

.% @25 °C—not at all sufficient for on-board vehicle storage, but not a problem for a stationary system. In the Resort Model version of H2One installed at Henn na Hotel, this configuration delivers a CO 2 -free, environmentally friendly solution for hotels and other resort facilities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2023

Poland-based battery systems maker Impact Clean Power Technology unveiled a visualization of GigafactoryX—a large-scale battery factory for electric vehicles and energy storage which will be launched in the city of Pruszków, near Warsaw. The Li-ion battery systems to be manufactured will include LTO, LFP and NMC technologies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2015

million to Eos Energy Storage, LLC to demonstrate an AC-integrated system incorporating the company’s zinc hybrid-cathode battery technology (“Zynth”) to enhance renewable energy generation and provide grid-scale, multi-hour energy storage. The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded $2.1

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

All systems consist of power converters, a transformer, batteries and the control system, mounted inside the container for easy transportation and installation in a “plug and play” solution. Nidec ASI will take on the role of Main Contractor (EPC), responsible for the installation and commissioning of the plants.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2015

The larger cell area coupled with 25% more cells per stack represents a beneficial plant simplification while permitting multi-MW installations to occupy smaller sites. The drastically reduced footprint helps alleviate siting challenges, where space is highly valued, for both energy storage and hydrogen refueling applications.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center have concluded that a PHEV pack comprising lithium iron phosphate cells would incur little capacity loss from combining vehicle-to-grid (V2G) activities with regular driving. Degradation as a function of (a) capacity (Ah) processed by cell or (b) energy (Wh) at different DoD.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The electric motor on the Citaro hybrid assists the combustion engine when high levels of power are required, particularly when moving off. Instead, the electric motor reduces the burden on the engine while also improving the vehicle’s start-off characteristics. These electricity storage units are characterized by a high power density.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

Classification of potential electrical storage for stationary applications. However, the authors note, to date EES (almost exclusively pumped hydroelectric storage) contributes to only about 2% of the installed generation capacity in the United States. Credit: ACS, Yang et al. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Tesla noted that the Deux-Acren project, which installed the Megapacks, is now one of the largest storage systems in Europe. “Megapack is quieter and supports the local electric grid with energy shifting and stabilizing services and seamless integration with more renewable sources,” Tesla said in its video.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2009

The package also provides substantial support for both university- and National Laboratory-based researchers, working on problems in fields ranging from particle and plasma physics to biofuels, solar energy, superconductivity, solid state lighting, electricity storage and materials science, among others. billion, some $830.2

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We previously discussed how electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) can help you collect Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credits. Let’s look at how installing EVSE can support your building’s accreditation in LEED v4.1. Clearly identify and reserve the parking spaces for EVs to use for charging.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

The proportion of grid electricity generated by renewables such as wind and solar energy fluctuates depending on how hard the wind is blowing or how strong the sun is shining. Now countries’ electrical grids are increasingly powered by renewables. The EV as a mobile electricity storage device.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

But even energy-dense lithium-ion batteries have limitations, says Xiaobing Liu , who leads the Thermal Energy Storage Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Batteries that can hold large amounts of energy are large and expensive, requiring a substantial investment to install. Some companies have landed on thermal storage.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 2, 2009

“Smart grids will help manage the massive shift to low carbon electricity such as wind, nuclear and clean fossil fuels. Energy suppliers will be responsible for installing smart meters in their customers’ home. Tags: Green credentials electricity meters Smart Grid UK.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 7, 2024

Energy storage system utilizing Porsche Taycan battery modules “We wanted to create electricity storage capacities for the Leipzig plant in order to make the site even more economical and to increase its degree of self-sufficiency,” Jonathan Dietrich, head of the battery-storage project, said in a statement.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 2, 2021

We have been talking about electric vehicles for a while. You shall find the importance of electric vehicles , advantages, disadvantages, other technical aspects, electric vehicle reviews, project ideas, and more here on this blog. Electric vehicles are relatively new in the field even though they were developed first.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 2, 2011

Soon the electricity stored in the lithium-ion batteries of a Nissan LEAF could make its way into the home. That’s because Nissan has introduced a vehicle-to-home power system that can be installed in ordinary homes.

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