Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy is awarding $620 million for projects around the country to demonstrate advanced Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. Smart grid regional demonstrations involving plug-in vehicles include (ranked by DOE funding): Columbus Southern Power Company (doing business as AEP Ohio).

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 20, 2023

That certainly poses a challenge for recharging EVs with clean energy, but these predictions are from consumers, not industry experts. Experts assert the grid is up to the charging task A 2022 McKinsey study estimated 2030 EV charging demands would equal roughly 230 billion kilowatt-hours —about 5% of current total electricity demands.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Los Angeles Unified School District ordered 180 electric school buses, adding to the 26 Blue Bird electric school buses it already has in its fleet. Blue Bird will add 30 Vision and 150 All American (pictured above) electric buses to Los Angeles’ school bus fleet. The V2G capability will also help balance the grid.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2019

Volkswagen will then gradually extend the electrification of the drive system to the entire fleet. While the Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) charges the battery via the grid with a plug, the MHEV does not have a battery that can be recharged via a plug, but is equipped with a 48V belt starter generator.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 25, 2023

It surely won’t take long for livery services and the like to fill their fleets with these vans, meaning we should expect to see them in the perpetually congested pickup/dropoff lanes at LAX in short order. Mercedes believes there is growth opportunity with the V-Class, and they’re probably correct. Specifics on the VAN.EA

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. Slow Level 1 charging [ 11 ] should be used to recharge PHEVLER batteries whenever possible.

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Blink Charging

MARCH 3, 2022

It can recharge where the power supply has been restored, and then drive on to another hard-hit region.” Having a fleet of EVs as backup batteries can help a community bounce back with minimal effort. . V2H technology enables homeowners to store electricity in their EV batteries for use when they need it. In the U.S.,

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. This may well be the case with the EV ARC, a solar-powered off-grid charging station made by Beam Global.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

Fleets don’t want to go electric at scale until they’ve done years-long pilots, but the Advanced Clean Trucks regulation will artificially constrict that timeframe. Lots of fleets will be placing orders for heavy-duty EVs over the next few years. This project is currently at the stage of conducting grid readiness assessments.]

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2023

The next-generation battery takes merely three hours to fully recharge since it supports a fast-charging rate of 80 kW. This will benefit Blue Bird customers who utilize the batteries’ revenue-generating vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Most of today’s hydrogen use is grey; Blue: during the steam reforming process, a high proportion of carbon generated is captured and stored underground. But even with a fleet of HTGRs generating hydrogen, the nasty stuff still needs to be stored and moved, and those costs haven’t gone away. Hydrogen is not the answer.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The agency also recently presented a series of webinars on electrification for fleet operators. Orlando Utilities Commission’s Robinson Recharge Mobility Hub Charged : So even if you lose a little bit operating the chargers, you’re winning because that encourages EV adoption overall. Factor at a rate of 0.33 Is that a problem?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries. City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000.

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Driivz

MAY 31, 2022

Advantages of Smart Energy Management for Fleets. Smart EV Charging and Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G). It requires a data connection between the EV, the charger, the charge point operator’s cloud-based charging management platform and the grid. . Demand side response reduces energy demand during times of grid stress.

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Driivz

AUGUST 1, 2022

Smart EV charging delivers reliable, safe, renewable, and cost-effective energy to EVs while meeting the needs of drivers and local grids. It depends on sophisticated back-end software that captures data from EVs, networked chargers, and the grid. For buildings and fleets, site-level energy needs are also factored in.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

United Rentals is now the first major rental company to offer mobile micro grid battery power to its North American fleet of rental equipment. The HiPower EHR Solar Battery Generator boasts a 5.0kW peak solar array with extendable panels, converting and storing energy within built-in batteries.

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Setec Powerr

APRIL 26, 2022

Most EVs are hampered from driving long distances by the gap between charging stations and the time it takes to recharge their batteries, which have limited range. The bottom line is there aren’t nearly enough places to recharge an EV at a respectable speed. On the highway, the situation is worse.

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Driivz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

It is enabled by a centralized cloud-based management platform that uses an advanced algorithm to automatically shift charging loads based on demand while balancing: dynamic electricity grid and renewable supplies. Smart Energy Management solves these problems at the local level, behind the meter, and at the grid level.

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Driivz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

It is enabled by a centralized cloud-based management platform that uses an advanced algorithm to automatically shift charging loads based on demand while balancing: dynamic electricity grid and renewable supplies. Smart Energy Management solves these problems at the local level, behind the meter, and at the grid level.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. The car can refuel during periods of low demand on the grid, and if equipped with a bi-directional charger, can actually replenish the grid with excess energy gleaned from a renewable resource. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. slow charge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

One of the biggest challenges to the nations power grid "is going to be the introduction of electric vehicles," said Dana Christiansen, associate director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has partnered with Nissan, TVA and the state of Tennessee to help develop the charging infrastructure to support the vehicles.

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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. DC is the type stored in batteries. Clearly, drivers or fleets who are already on the road with considerable mileage to cover cannot interrupt their journey for several hours just to travel a few more miles.

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Driivz

MAY 1, 2022

Vehicle to Grid (V2G) is one approach being taken, where stored energy from the electric vehicles is used to power the grid during peak hours, and then the vehicles are recharged during non-peak times. E.ON, a German power company; EDF, based in France; and Italy’s Enel are partnering with Nissan to build V2G networks.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The convenience of Level 2 (L2) charging for daily use , and DC Fast Charging (DCFC) for longer journeys and fleet usage, highlights the practicality of owning an EV. These locations are ideal for efficiently recharging battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs) daily.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Currently, there’s an ongoing debate about the future of the electric vehicle, which Hyundai condensed into two approaches: Store more electricity on-board using more/larger batteries. The energy is stored in a 24 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery, jointly developed with LG Chemical. Hyundai is taking the second approach.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 23, 2024

Look for a full Road Test review on Clean Fleet Report after we have had the EV9 for a full week and the opportunity to put it through the paces of everyday driving. It also has Vehicle-to-Home (V2H) capability and soon will have Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) capability. Head to your local Kia dealer and hope he/she still has a demo in stock.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. You would tell it where you want to go—and since this is a trip, you make several times a year, you would have it as a stored destination—and you would tell the car, okay, give me a route and the car will route you via DC fast chargers. Finally, age.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. You would tell it where you want to go—and since this is a trip, you make several times a year, you would have it as a stored destination—and you would tell the car, okay, give me a route and the car will route you via DC fast chargers. Finally, age.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

At least GM sent this nifty printed banner explaining all about the new J1772 industry standard recharging plug. Luckily no one was really at Plug-In 2009 to hear the Three Car Stooges at this point, they don’t have any pleasant surprises in store for us. They even had a real plug connected to their toy car on the exhibit hall.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Two high-pressure cylinders store hydrogen under a pressure of 700 bar. lb), serves as the energy store for the electric motor of the Audi Q5 hybrid quattro. The 550 kg (1,213 lb) battery stores 53 kWh of energy, with the usable share amounting to 42.4 The polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell outputs 98 kW (133 hp).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Plans "large demonstration fleet" late 2009. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Building Computing Energy Gadgets Investing Smart Grid Transportation Travel ADVERTISEMENT Books that Matter Know Your Eco-Labels Hurray for the Bad Economy! An EV like this would need to store 6KWHrs of power in the batteries if we assume the system is 100% efficient. Join Matter Now! I have never been a big fan of battery swapping.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It was started by a chemist and government researcher named Wang Chuan-Fu in 1995 (same year as Yahoo) to make rechargeable batteries, which it learned to do very well. And if you doubt that they will learn, check out my cover story about BYD in the new issue of FORTUNE, headed to subscribers and newsstands this week.

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