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.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 14, 2014
The 42-vehicle fleet marks a milestone in partnership between federal, state and private energy organizations, as well as in DoD’s demonstration of emerging vehicle-to-grid technology. The vehicles have the capability to direct power both to and from the electrical grid when they’re not being driven. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
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. CNG-Hybrid Buses: Purchase CNG-Hybrid buses to replace Ford Diesel vehicles in the ART fleet. NJ Transit, New Jersey: $250,000.
Charged EVs
DECEMBER 14, 2021
Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid. We know that in California, they have a pretty strong incentive program to try to help companies pay some of the upfront costs, and she told me that there’s a bill on the table in New Jersey to do something like that. It’s a must.
Charged EVs
APRIL 19, 2023
I started bringing these vehicles to fleets in New York, New Jersey and California. And they assigned us every bit of capacity that was available on the grid. What I can tell you is that the next sites are going to be Newark, New Jersey, and Savannah, Georgia. We’re going to put in an EV charging depot.”
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 4, 2022
Ford says that a F-150 Lightning “using a 150 kW+ DC fast charger, the standard-range 98 kWh pack can charge from 15-80% in about 44 minutes,” while Hyundai says its IONIQ 5 EV using a 350 kW charger, “can charge from 10 percent to 80 percent in just 18 minutes.” Most PHEVs cannot use L3 chargers.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Yet Tesla's proprietary Supercharger network was designed exclusively for Tesla owners, not the people who buy electric Fords, Volkswagens, et al. A report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) outlines major challenges in harmonizing every aspect of juice bars for cars: Stations, networks, vehicles and the grid itself.
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