Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Jay Johnson, an electrical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been studying the varied vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for the past four years. We have been studying potential impacts to the power grid. Sandia has produced a best-practices document for the charging industry.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Idaho Vehicles 259

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The first power plant using NuScale’s technology is set to start generating electricity in 2029 at the Idaho National Laboratory, as part of the Carbon Free Power Project. The transmission line will sidestep the growing difficulties of connecting renewable-energy sources to the power grid.

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Engine San Francisco Wind Iceland 120

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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Clean Cleaning Future Green 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Idaho National Laboratory. Wireless Radio Frequency Signal Identification and Protocol Reverse Engineering (WiFIRE), $750,000. Unsupervised Physics-informed Machine Learning of Complex Natural and Engineered Geoscience Processes, $250,000. APEX Petroleum Engineering (Englewood, Colorado). Caltrode, Inc. Tucson, Arizona).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

EV Connect

JANUARY 8, 2024

AC is the type of electricity that flows through power grids and into homes and businesses, including to power EV chargers. AC can be thought of as "low and slow" charging, while DC is very fast and powerful. DC is the type stored in batteries. Coverage is sparse for now.

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DC Alternative Fuels South Dakota Plug-in 79