article thumbnail

BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe begin second phase of MINI E fleet test in Berlin

Green Car Congress

BMW Group and Vattenfall Europe have begun a second phase of the Mini E test fleet in Berlin, with the transfer of 70 MINI E electric vehicles to private customers (30 units) and fleet users (40 units). This fleet tests subsequently expanded into France (Paris), Japan (Tokyo) and China (Beijing and Shenzhen).

Mini E 210
article thumbnail

Charged and umlaut continue partnership on 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark

Charged EVs

In 2020, after performing a comparative study of network providers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, umlaut adapted its testing methodology to the US market , where testing took place in EV hotspot California in early September 2020. Also, some consultancy companies and technology companies, like SALT Solutions in Germany.

article thumbnail

DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

Green Car Congress

The US, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Japan, and other countries bolstered efforts to deploy hydrogen fueling infrastructure. This report recognizes California, Connecticut, New York, Ohio and South Carolina for leading the country with continued and expanded support for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies.

Hydrogen 284
article thumbnail

This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

In the United States in 2011, the University of Delaware and the New Jersey–based utility NRG Energy signed a. Other trials include commercial auto fleets, a set of utility vans in Copenhagen , two electric school buses in Illinois, and five in New York. Amassing that fleet wasn’t easy. In the UK, experiments are.

Grid 91
article thumbnail

UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs

Green Car Congress

The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

Mini E 225
article thumbnail

Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

Charged EVs

After the proposal for the Combined Charging System (CCS) was published in Germany in 2011, a group of automakers and suppliers formed CharIN to promote the adoption of CCS. We just had one that happened in Germany and [another] in the San Francisco Bay area. Oleg: Well, absolutely. Is CharIN involved in that sort of thing?

article thumbnail

How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation.

Plug-in 41