Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The main findings of the economic analysis, published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy , show that geologic limitations rather than city demand cause a larger disparity between costs from one city to the next. The colors in the illustration represent depth, with blue as the deepest part of the cavern and red the most shallow.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

Looking ahead, further products such as major storage systems for the energy grid are planned. From Salzgitter, the company will manage international factory operations, the further development of cell technology, the vertical integration of the value chain and the supply of machinery and equipment to the factories.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

At the same time, FedEx Express will be adding more hybrid-electrics, using composite vehicles and upgrading more than a tenth of its conventional vehicle fleet to more energy-efficient vehicles. In Memphis, FedEx Express is retrofitting existing vehicles to make them all-electrics, saving resources through using existing vehicle bodies.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Tesla and leading renewable energy company Arevon have signed a new master supply agreement that will supply the Scottsdale, Arizona-based entity with another 2 GW/6 GWh supply of Tesla Megapacks for an ongoing energy storage operation in California. Credit: Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2012

ZSE), the largest distributor and supplier of electricity in Slovakia, on a smart energy “feasibility” study that will help prepare the capital city Bratislava for electric vehicles (EVs). VIBRATe also marks the first joint project between the Austrian and Slovakian energy companies. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 20, 2023

And while the energy grid is slowly becoming more “clean” as suppliers switch to renewable sources, business owners can also make a difference. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory states in one report , “The emissions benefits of workplace charging increase as the carbon intensity of the grid is reduced.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

A new earth modeling system will support weather-scale resolution and use advanced computers to simulate aspects of Earth’s variability and anticipate decadal changes that will impact the US energy sector in coming years. This model adds a much more complete representation between interactions of the energy system and the earth system.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2018

The electricity fueling EVs in California comes from one of the cleanest energy mixes in the country—nearly 70% of the electricity PG&E delivers to customers is from greenhouse gas-free resources. One in five electric vehicles in the United States plug into PG&E’s clean energy grid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers conveniently to charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices. If less solar energy is being generated, the charging process can adapt automatically.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 16, 2021

The Electric Highway Coalition—made up of American Electric Power, Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporation, Southern Company, and the Tennessee Valley Authority—announced a plan to enable EV drivers seamless travel across major regions of the country through a network of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers for electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Funding for this second phase was secured through a competitive bid for a California Energy Commission (CEC) grant. Phase 1 of the program demonstrated the viability of creating grid value by optimizing smart charging of EVs. If a customer does not opt-out, the vehicle charging can be shifted to meet the needs of the energy grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Plan for and integrate peak vehicle demand for electricity into the state’s energy grid. Provide plug-in vehicle (PEV) drivers with options to connect PEV charging with energy efficiency and renewable energy. Streamline permitting of hydrogen stations. Reduce operating costs for ZEVs. Transform fleets.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

Since training these models typically requires vast resources, Industry now makes most of them, with academia only putting out a few. The report notes that the variance between models is due to factors including model size, data center energy efficiency, and the carbon intensity of energy grids.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

The new Global Battery Systems Lab will lead GM’s global advanced battery engineering resources and expedite the introduction of electrically driven vehicles, including the Chevrolet Volt, as well as plug-in hybrid and hybrid-electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

When I started with Union of Concerned Scientists back in January, the California legislative session was just ramping up. As bill introductions trickled in, it became clear there would be plenty of opportunities for UCS to leverage our science-based research to inform world-leading policy solutions.

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Driivz

MAY 31, 2022

What is Smart Energy Management for EV Charging? How do EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management Work? Advantages of Smart Energy Management for Fleets. What is the Flexibility Market for Energy? . Smart EV Charging and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G). Why Driivz for Smart EV Charging and Smart Energy Management?

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Green Cars News

JUNE 10, 2009

The Global Battery Systems Lab has been opened on its Technical Centre campus in Warren, MI, and is set to lead GM’s global advanced battery engineering resources as well as the introduction of electrically driven vehicles such as the Chevrolet Volt. The lab spans some 33,000sq ft and will include a team of more than 1,000 engineers.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The service also seeks to return excess energy to the electrical grid, effectively converting EVs into publicly shared batteries. Logistically, this would help soften the blow for public utilities hoping to deliver energy when demand surges throughout the day.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Energy-saving tips One action is to use less electricity, Rahman said, noting that dimming lights by 20 percent in homes, office buildings, hotels, and schools could save 10 percent of electricity. Another is switching to LEDs, which use at least 75 percent less energy than incandescent bulbs. The whole world is one grid.

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Cars That Think

MAY 15, 2024

The amount of computing resources used to train the largest AI models has been doubling roughly every 6 months for more than the past decade. At this rate, by 2030 training a single artificial-intelligence model would take one hundred times as much computing resources as the combined annual resources of the current top ten supercomputers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The US Department of Energy announced $35 million in awards for 12 projects that find new ways to harness medium-voltage electricity for applications in industry, transportation, on the grid and beyond. BREAKERS projects include: Drexel University, Ultra-Efficient Intelligent MVDC Hybrid Circuit Breaker – $4,413,913.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2015

The new aqueous lithium−iodine (Li−I) solar flow battery (SFB) incorporates a built-in dye-sensitized TiO 2 photoelectrode in a Li−I redox flow battery via linkage of an I 3 − /I − based catholyte for the simultaneous conversion and storage of solar energy. This research was funded by the Department of Energy. Credit: ACS, Yu et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President Barack Obama announced $3.4 An analysis by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the implementation of smart grid technologies could reduce electricity use by more than 4% by 2030. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). In addition, the lack of relevant legal or industry expertise is increasingly worrisome.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The partners had earlier presented their early concept of a harmonization pathway for EV chargers at the California Air Resource Board ZEV Technology Symposium last year. Earlier post.). A mechanical locking mechanism effectively prevents unintentional interruption of the charging process.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Now, researchers at Microsoft have developed a framework called DeepMC that can very accurately predict local weather, and could be used by farmers, renewable energy producers, and others. At the same time, Kumar acknowledges that it takes time, money, and resources to implement the system, though he couldn't provide the cost.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The three leading new options to re-supply our autos with energy are charging at home, battery swap stations and fast charge stations. Well take a look at these three different energy resupply methods and outline some of their strengths as well as weaknesses. The main benefit associated with the swapping model is speed.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $145 million to 69 projects in 24 states to help shape the next generation of solar energy technologies. —Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems: Advanced Concepts: Eight projects to receive $25.9

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