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EVgo launches grid-tied public fast charging system with second-life batteries

Green Car Congress

Following a pilot program at University of California San Diego (UCSD), this second-life battery system has been unveiled at an operational EVgo fast charging station located in Union City, CA at 3960 Smith Street. —Austin Brown, Executive Director of the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and the Economy.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

Folks here already know what’s going on with the environment and how EVs fit into the big picture.” We usually choose the grocery stores and malls that have installed chargers.” Last summer, he drove his Tesla cross country to San Diego. We show up at a parking lot and we’ll shoot the breeze.

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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

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The battery storage system electrified by BMW i is sized so it can be placed in the basement or the garage of a detached house, where the stored energy can either be used for electrically-operated devices in the home or for charging the battery of an electric car.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Oberon Fuels (San Diego, California). Energy Storing Efficient HVAC, $595,558. Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania). Retech Systems LLC (Buffalo, New York).

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Utilities Are Taking an EV-industry Leadership Role

Driivz

Furthermore, their ability to work from within the regulatory environment gives them significant power to change the policies governing their own ability to become active participants in the market. These competitive advantages give them stronger insights into the market overall and into customer charging requirements.

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Sandia-led team designs feasible hydrogen fuel-cell coastal research vessel; implications for large hydrogen-fueled vessels

Green Car Congress

If you’re working in a sensitive ecological area and you spill liquid hydrogen there, the fuel not only removes itself from this environment, it removes itself from the planet. The Zero-V project evolved from earlier Sandia work on the SF-BREEZE, a hydrogen-powered passenger ferry designed to operate in the San Francisco Bay.

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How Will EV Charging Powered by Renewable Energy Create a Greener World

Driivz

Renewable hydroelectric covers smaller, fast-moving bodies of water where the water flows through the generator’s turbine blades without disturbing the neighboring environment. San Diego Gas & Electric has been offering solar powered charging stations since 2012. Renewables & EV Charging.