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Google, Ford, GM, & Solar Companies Partner To Promote Scaling Of Virtual Power Plants

CleanTechnica EVs

A group of heavy hitters, including Ford, General Motors, Google Nest, OhmConnect, Olivine, SPAN, SunPower, Sunrun, SwitchDin, and Virtual Peaker, has formed a coalition that aims to scale up the market for virtual power plants in a bid to increase the resiliency of the grid and help decarbonize the electric sector.

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RMI launches “Virtual Power Plant Partnership” with support from General Motors & Ford

Green Car Congress

Initial funding of the VP3 effort was made possible by General Motors and Google Nest. VP3 includes founding members Ford, General Motors, Google Nest, OhmConnect, Olivine, SPAN, SunPower, Sunrun, SwitchDin, and Virtual Peaker. In a VPP, decentralized distributed energy resources (DERs) are aggregated into a portfolio.

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Ford introduces North America’s largest electric vehicle charging network for its EV customers; Greenlots led buildout

Green Car Congress

Ford is offering its all-electric vehicle customers North America’s largest electric vehicle public charging network—the FordPass Charging Network—with more than 12,000 places to charge, including fast charging, and more than 35,000 charge plugs—more than any other automotive manufacturer.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

Green Car Congress

The trucks will be tested in various locations, including Google in the Bay Area, the City of Santa Monica and the Port of Los Angeles. million project to demonstrate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology for an all-electric heavy duty non-tactical vehicle fleet at Los Angeles Air Force Base. Villa Ford Inc. Electricore Inc.,

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More Than 1,800 EV chargers installed under Recovery Act

Green Car Congress

Coulomb’s project includes the deployment of electric vehicles, including 2,000 GM Volt, 200 Ford Transit Connect, 100 Ford Focus EV, and 100 Smart EV vehicles, as well as establishing 4,600 EV charging locations nationwide. Additionally, DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is joining with Google Inc.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The backroad jaunt is where I recently took the all-new Ford Mustang Mach-E—a competitor—and the Polestar 2 showed its sharp reflexes and balanced handling around the bends. I also tested Google for navigation and asking for my home address produced a large map on the center screen and turn-by-turn voice directions. Google in the car.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

These homeowners generate their electricity and many of them put energy back into the grid, and they’ve still had to pay these ridiculous charges,” said MAEAA President Al Pugsley. Clyde Schwanke’s backyard in Topeka, complete with his Nissan LEAF and Ford C=max Plugin. I’m sure there’s a big red flag on my file,” he said. “If

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