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BYD and Shell partner on EV charging across China and Europe; R&D on battery performance and advanced charging

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BYD and Shell signed a strategic cooperation agreement to help accelerate the energy transition and improve charging experience for BYD’s battery electric vehicle (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) customers. A BYD Han EV at Shell Recharge site.

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JERA and Toyota deploy first large capacity Sweep Energy Storage System with second-life batteries

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The system was built using batteries reclaimed from electrified vehicles (HEV, PHEV, BEV, FCEV) and is connected to the consumer electrical power grid. JERA and Toyota began discussions in 2018 to establish battery reuse technologies, which eventually led to this large-capacity, grid-connected Sweep Energy Storage System.

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Toyota Testing Advanced Energy Management System to Integrate Plug-in Vehicles, Smart Homes and Grid; Possible Japan Market Launch with PHEVs in 2012

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The Toyota Smart Center is one of the company’s smart-grid initiatives. Under a smart-grid demonstration project that began on 16 September in Rokkasho Village, Toyota is conducting trials of the Toyota Smart Center in two houses constructed by Toyota Housing Corporation linked with eight plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).

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Volvo’s new Electric Hybrid (PHEV) buses with overhead fast charging enter scheduled service in Hamburg for first time; Innovation Route 109

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The city of Hamburg intends to acquire only emission-free buses from 2020 on. The plug-in hybrids have been further developed, and enable rapid recharging from electricity grids via a pantograph on the roof. The conventional hybrid offers up to 37% fuel savings compared to a diesel version and 40-50% lower exhaust emissions.

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Updated IEA EV/PHEV roadmap finds announced production plans for electric vehicles far below sales targets set by countries

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Combined government targets (line) and EV/PHEV production/sales (bars) reported by OEM. Announced EV and/or PHEV production plans from the majors add up to 0.9 By 2020, global sales should achieve at least 5 million EVs and PHEVs (combined) per year. In practice, capacities may rise after plants enter service. Source: IEA.

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MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

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Assessments of GHG emissions from light-duty vehicles should take a cradle-to-grave life cycle perspective and capture important regional effects. Regional differences in climate, electric grid burdens, and driving patterns compound to produce significant regional heterogeneity in the GHG benefits of electrification. —Wu et al.

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Chrysler providing 10 PHEV Ram 1500 pickups to MBTA as part of demo project

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Chrysler Group LLC, working in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), will deliver 10 demonstration fleet Ram 1500 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) pickup trucks to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). Chrysler Group LLC has delivered Ram 1500 PHEV trucks to the city of Yuma, Ariz., Earlier post.).

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