Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks. Heavy-duty fleets have unique charging characteristics and needs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2020

This standard defines the design and testing requirements to certify that bidirectional, grid tied, “smart” inverters and electric vehicle (EV) chargers can be safely used to support the distributed generation (DG) grid services and applications.

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Green Fleet Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A recent analysis of fast-charging needs provides a blueprint to ready the grid along major highways while mapping long-term charging demand will avoid duplicate infrastructure investments.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Groupe Renault is beginning the first large-scale pilot schemes in alternating-current, vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging in electric vehicles. Vehicle-to-grid charging is a key pillar of the smart electric ecosystems that Groupe Renault has set up. The pilot schemes will begin in the Netherlands and Portugal.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

As the number of EVs grows and especially as larger trucks and buses electrify with larger batteries, there will be opportunities to use those batteries also to support the grid. A bidirectional fleet could also create new revenue opportunities for EV owners or fleets.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

In most cases the existing technology grid can accommodate truck charging at depots. That perception is shifting, and our research suggests that certain short-haul operations can be electrified today with relatively low-power depot charging that won’t overwhelm the grid. 100 kW/vehicle) for the fleets studied.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. Despite an appetite for electrification, many fleet operators face challenges. —Scott Phillippi, UPS senior director of automotive maintenance and engineering.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

An influx of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) charging without coordination could prove challenging to the nation’s electric grid, according to research conducted by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Muratori noted that might be true in the future, but not necessarily.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

has partnered with The Mobility House to deploy smart charging strategy and management solutions for the district’s zero-emission fleet project, which is now operational and scheduled to transport students to schools throughout the district. The Mobility House’s mission is to create an emissions-free energy and mobility future.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

That document compared the expected environmental impacts of a delivery fleet with 10% battery-electric vehicles and 90% gasoline-powered trucks (called the ICEV scenario for internal-combustion engine vehicles) to a fleet with 100% battery-electric vehicles (called the BEV scenario). Maxwell Woody, Parth Vaishnav, Michael T.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ PHEVLERs of the future should be made with flex-fuel engines that can use any blend of biofuel to serve all of their liquid fuel needs. PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Nissan, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe, NUVVE, Frederiksberg Forsyning, Enel, Insero and DTU (Technical University of Denmark) Electrical Engineering (PowerLabDK) are partnering in the Danish project Parker to develop a universal definition for grid integration for electric vehicles.

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My Energi

JUNE 7, 2024

Jordan Brompton, co-founder and CMO of myenergi, addresses concerns from the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP) over rising public charging costs, questions whether high prices are really having a negative impact on vehicle sales, and explains the numerous solutions available for drivers to embrace more cost effective charging options.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2023

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and BMW of North America (BMW) are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can serve as a solution to offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability for electric customers, and maximize the usage of renewable energy. In California 1.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

The report details how this can be achieved by using a real-time emissions signal—built-in software intelligence that leverages current grid emissions data—to control EV charging and shift electricity use to moments of cleaner power on the grid. million ICE vehicles off the road.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

However, widespread use of such vehicles would pose challenges for Europe’s power grid in meeting increased electricity demand. The report explores several scenarios, including one model in which electric cars have an 80% share of the EU’s total car fleet in 2050. —Hans Bruyninckx, EEA Executive Director. Source: EEA.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

In Germany, the Volkswagen brand also offers a suitable electricity supply contract with “Volkswagen Naturstrom”, to guarantee fully certified green electricity from renewable energies. Mobile charging – also with Plug & Charge in future. models with a 77 kWh battery will have this capability in future. New software for the ID.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

The Parker Project has used a fleet of four vehicles from Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, PSA Groupe and Nissan to demonstrate that vehicles from different car brands can contribute to supporting the electricity grid with vehicle to grid (V2G) services. —Alberto Piglia, Enel’s Head of e-Mobility.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Electrifying Con Edison’s Fleet of Vehicles. Leading by example, Con Edison is purchasing only electric vehicles for its light-duty fleet, with 199 EVs in its fleet today, representing more than 10% of the total light-duty fleet. Managed well, EV charging could bring many benefits for the electric grid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

The report, Bucks for balancing: can plug-in vehicles of the future extract cash—and carbon—from the power grid? , is based on a research collaboration between a team of engineers from Ricardo and National Grid, the operator of the high voltage electricity transmission system within Great Britain (GB).

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Grid-to-Vehicle (G2V) are two-way communication technologies that involve the flow of electricity between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. Let’s explore each in detail: Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technology: 1. Let’s explore each in detail: Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Technology: 1.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2018

A new report by ABI research forecasts that a proportionately higher uptake of EVs in car-sharing fleets, and the higher utilization rates of those EVs, will result in global electric mileage share to exceed 20% by 2030. ABI suggests that the dominance of car-based mobility is not sustainable.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

Thorsten Nicklaß, formerly CEO of the Digital Energy Solutions joint venture and now designated CEO of Elli, announced that the new Volkswagen Group company would also offer to customers outside the Group green power from renewable sources that was 100% CO 2 -neutral. —Thorsten Nicklaß. Up to the market launch of the Volkswagen ID.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) intends to provide up to $100 million in awards ( DE-FOA-0002116 ) for the Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, and Transformative) initiative (announced in November 2018), which aims to develop coal plants of the future that will provide secure, stable, reliable power with near-zero emissions.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Electrification of fleets continues to grow as more EVs, including light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and automobiles, come onto the marketplace. In fact, EVs are expected to make up 31% of the global fleet by 2050. However, in the big picture, environmental gains from EVs may be offset by stressing the grid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2021

EV Connect, a California-based software-as-a-service company, is collaborating with the Indiana-based Battery Innovation Center (BIC) and Energy Systems Network (ESN) to deploy Indiana’s first large-scale Vehicle-to-Grid capable charging system to support school bus fleet, HD truck, and other customer segment applications.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The month the city’s Bureau of Street Services (StreetsLA) showed off a variety of vehicles and technologies it plans to employ to green the city not just with trees and bushes but also with green vehicles charged with renewable energy. Assistant General Manager for Fleet Richard Coulson, left to right); LA General Services Dept.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

(MMNA) is supporting the University of Southern California (USC) and the Viterbi School of Engineering as it develops a special campus-wide Smart Grid “Living Laboratory” project including the use of Mitsubishi i-MiEV 100% electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

California’s grid is facing an era of rapid change. There are a lot of complex issues for Californians — especially policymakers—to consider as we work toward a clean energy future. There are a lot of complex issues for Californians — especially policymakers—to consider as we work toward a clean energy future.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2012

BMW and Green Mountain Energy Company are partnering to reduce the environmental impact of the entire BMW ActiveE fleet in the DriveNow program. By purchasing RECs, BMW is ensuring that the electricity being put onto the electric grid on behalf of these ActiveE vehicles comes from renewable wind energy rather than fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

As well as enabling EV owners to charge and discharge their electric vehicle to power their home or the grid, Wallbox’s latest innovation is designed to give EV drivers the ability to isolate their home from the grid and use their EV for backup power during a blackout. Providing up to 11.5

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Amazon is a leader in adopting decarbonizing technologies that can improve sustainability among their trucking fleet. Lion is also planning to open a larger manufacturing facility in the US in the foreseeable future to accommodate the significant growing demand for its electric vehicles in the US.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2017

The signers, together with other vehicle manufacturers, are working to grow the CNG vehicle fleet in Germany tenfold to 1 million vehicles by 2015. Its short-term availability makes natural gas an important component of our overall strategy for eco-friendly mobility of the future. The statement was signed by Volkswagen Group, E.ON

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Addressing issues such as grid resiliency, energy demands for charging, and equitable rollout of charging infrastructure will be an integral part of a successful future for EVs in America. Additionally, a record number of EV models are expected to be available in this time frame. This, however, is only one piece of the puzzle.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2022

V2X technology enables electric vehicle (EV) integration with the continued growth in renewable energy into the electric power grid. Fermata Energy’s V2X technology provides energy storage to the power grid to support the transition to renewables and provides revenue generation capabilities for vehicle and fleet owners.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

HADC is a special purpose energy company that will commercialize e1’s proprietary methanol-to-hydrogen generation technology for fuel cell applications within the aerospace sector including: Grid independent charging of electric aircraft. Grid independent charging of airport equipment, service vehicles and airport based rental cars.

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