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IBM and ZSE team on Central European e-mobility project; “green highway”

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An average combustion engine on an everyday commute between Vienna and Bratislava produces about 45 kg of CO 2 per year. VIBRATe also marks the first joint project between the Austrian and Slovakian energy companies. —Guido Bartels, General Manager of IBM's Global Energy and Utilities Industry. —ZSE.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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rechargeable battery?technology?that that boosts the energy capacity via nanotechnology-enabled self-assembly of functional nanocomponents, reducing?the the cost of energy storage?by Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc. is developing a?rechargeable technology?that by at least 10 times.

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Three Battery-Electric Opel Merivas to Participate in MeRegioMobil Research Project; Vehicle-to-Grid Integration

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The research project has the goal of integrating electrical vehicles as mobile energy storage units in the future intelligent power grid (smart grid). The demonstration will also explore the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capability of the car via the bi-directional charging system when the car is not in use and the driver permits it.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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Please feel free to tell us what you believe to be the benefits of some of the various recharging modes mentioned above in the comments section below. Maybe you should ask some engineers at the local power utility before you go shooting your mouth off, decrying how the idea will never fly. It does not reflect well upon you.