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EV News for a hot EV summer

Electric Auto Association

Energy security and EVs go hand in hand. EVs and national security Duty calls EVs are increasingly seen as integral to the security of the national energy grid. EV outreach event. Auto manufacturing jobs. Amazon rides Rivian Rivian trucks featuring the Amazon logo are going out all over the U.S.

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BMW begins Phase 2 of ChargeForward Program with PG&E to study advanced electric vehicle charging; results from Phase 1

Green Car Congress

Building on the functionality tested in the first phase of the BMW ChargeForward initiative, the new phase will explore the ability to optimize charging events, whether the vehicle is charging at home or on the go. The total amount earned over the two years depends upon individual participation in charging events.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

Green Car Congress

This year’s Energy Efficiency Summit will take place at the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant. The event will be accompanied by an exhibition with examples of sustainable and green projects in the global production organization of Mercedes-Benz Cars. The measures are supported by efficient control of the electrical power supply.

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AMSC Power Electronics Support Nearly 10% of Global Wind-Generated Electricity

Green Car Congress

With nations around the world seeking to derive a greater percentage of their energy needs from renewable energy sources, we believe we have only begun to scratch the surface of the renewable energy grid interconnection market’s potential. the world’s third largest wind turbine manufacturer); China’s Dongfang Turbine Co.

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ARPA-E awards $35M to 12 new projects to support medium-voltage devices for grid, industry and transportation

Green Car Congress

Combined with a novel transient commutation current injector, this switch will transfer power to a separate solid-state device, interrupting the current in event of a fault. GE Global Research, Inline Gas Discharge Tube Breaker for Meshed MVDC Grids – $4,350,686.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Like shopping malls for example, or very nearly any manufacturer or industrial consumer. ↓ ↑ report 6 jzj 3:24PM (4/15/2009) Polo, First, there will indeed be need for such fast charging at home because the future of a renewable energy grid will depend upon V2G energy storage, and that will require fast in-out charging.