Remove Energy Storage Remove Power Grid Remove Price Remove Recharge
article thumbnail

China EV maker Nio has completed 40 mn battery swaps so far – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Swapping could help to ease the strain on power grids at peak times when drivers recharge, but industry analysts and executives expect it would only become feasible if batteries become more standardised. auto maker Tesla kicked off a price war last year.

Auto 52
article thumbnail

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Some observers thought V2G could prevent the kinds of price spikes and rolling blackouts then plaguing the Golden State.

Grid 138
article thumbnail

Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g., National Goal of One Million Plug-In Electric Vehicles. Automakers could ramp up PEV production if consumer demand proves to be larger than expected.

Plug-in 218
article thumbnail

Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. A microgrid is like a miniaturized, tightly controlled version of a power grid.

article thumbnail

The Cash Back Hybrid

Plug In Partners

It includes tax credits for consumers who buy or convert to plug-ins, tax incentives on tooling for carmakers who sell early models, and incentives for utilities to offer discounts for off-peak car recharging. How would those results be achieved?

Hybrid 100
article thumbnail

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: Novel Tuning of Critical. Fluctuations for Advanced Thermal Energy Storage NAVITASMAX will develop a novel heat storage method for. energy density over existing systems by an order of. coupled with novel thermal energy storage technology, which. storage material.

Energy 294
article thumbnail

SAE Hybrid Standards Committee: Works In Progress For 2009

Green Car Congress

Fuel economy and electrical energy usage will not be combined under J1711 to make a composite efficiency metric for plug-in hybrids. Instead, fuel usage and watt-hours per mile will be stated separately, with the baseline charging assumption being one energy storage charge per day for each vehicle being tested. laboratories.

2009 170