Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2015

General Motors is partnering with DTE Energy to build a new 800-kilowatt solar array at its Warren Transmission plant that will be GM’s largest solar installation in Michigan. The 2,800 solar panels will generate clean electricity that will go back to the grid. DTE Energy will own the array on 4.25

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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. Lucid Motors), the National Electrical Contractors Association – Los Angeles, Nissan, Nuvve Holding Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute, 8 automakers and 15 utilities are working to develop and to demonstrate an open platform that would integrate plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) with smart grid technologies enabling utilities to support PEV charging regardless of location. Participating auto manufacturers are American Honda Motor Co.;

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

Through this early adopter opportunity, PG&E will explore how Ford’s Intelligent Backup Power technology interconnects to the electric grid, which is necessary for the truck’s battery to power the home, and how it can support customer resiliency during grid outages. —PG&E Corporation CEO Patti Poppe. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 12, 2023

General Motors and Ford have joined a pilot project to use EVs as an alternative energy source for the electricity grid, helping to cut pollution from fossil fuels.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 25, 2022

BMW, Ford, and General Motors are partnering with California not-for-profit utility Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) on a pilot program that will incentivize off-peak EV charging.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 10, 2023

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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

received its first 150 electric delivery vehicles from BrightDrop, the technology startup from General Motors (GM) focused on decarbonizing last-mile delivery. FedEx Corp. FedEx plans to transform its entire parcel pickup and delivery (PUD) fleet to all-electric, zero-tailpipe emissions by 2040. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

OnStar and General Motors are partnering in the Pecan Street Inc.’s s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. Other partner companies such as Sony, Whirlpool, Oncor and Intel provided Mueller residents with forward-looking smart grid and clean energy products and services.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2022

General Motors introduced Ultium Home and Ultium Commercial, which in combination with the existing Ultium Charge 360, create an ecosystem of energy management products and services that will be housed under a new business unit called GM Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

These fuel cell generators could ultimately replace gas- and diesel-burning generators with fewer emissions at worksites, buildings, movie sets, data centers, outdoor concerts and festivals. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors). A palletized MPG to power military camps and installations quietly and efficiently.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

General Motors (GM) is looking to accelerate the adoption of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities in EVs. A new partnership with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will investigate integrating bidirectional charging into the grid to improve energy distribution.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

The teams will also use a combination of on-board sensors and bidirectional vehicle-to-everything connectivity to enable the export of electricity from electric vehicle batteries to other loads such as recreational uses, homes, or supporting the electrical grid.

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Discover EV

MAY 29, 2019

Honda and General Motors are helping to conduct a study which will examine the possibility of EVs helping to balance the supply of electricity through smart grids of the future, and lining EV owners' pockets at the same time.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2022

SMUD, the US’ sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit electric service provider, announced the Managed Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Pilot, a new electric vehicle program with BMW of North America, Ford and General Motors. Managed EV Charging will make it easier for customers to switch to an EV.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, was selected by the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to prototype an energy storage unit. GM Defense’s solution will meet the requirements of DIU’s Stable Tactical Expeditionary Electric Power (STEEP) program. Rendering of GM Defense’s energy storage solution.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

General Motors and OnStar are launching a real-world pilot of smart grid applications for electric vehicles. Through OnStar’s ATOMS infrastructure and partners’ solutions, utilities will be able to implement two Smart Grid services in the pilot: Data Gathering.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Dr. Burns is the former Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning at General Motors ( earlier post ). in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), an M.S. He has also advised numerous companies—including Google Self-Driving Cars/Waymo for over a decade.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2023

Future stationary FC units intended for commercialization will utilize Honda’s next-generation FC system jointly developed with General Motors and also set to power an all-new fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the Honda CR-V coming in 2024. m 2 Approx.

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Teslarati

MARCH 8, 2022

General Motors and Pacific Gas and Electric announced the launch of a new pilot program today that will allow California residents to use their GM electric vehicles to act as on-demand power sources for homes. ” RELATED: Tesla poised to unlock vehicle-to-grid abilities with ‘bi-directional’ charging systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and General Motors are collaborating to pilot the use of GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes in PG&E’s service area. G&E and GM will test vehicles with bidirectional charging technology that can help safely power the essential needs of a properly equipped home.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

General Motors plans to source 100% renewable energy to power its US sites by 2025—five years earlier than previously announced, and 25 years ahead of its initial target that was set in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2018

The proposed XFC design is expected to offer grid-to-vehicle efficiency up to 96.5%—four —four times less weight and half the size of conventional DC fast EV chargers (DCFC), as well as a high voltage direct current (HVDC) port to utilize energy storage and renewable energy systems, minimizing demand on the power grid.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2018

—Britta Gross, director, General Motors Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy. Our signature on the Accord is a promise to meet that demand through greater grid efficiency and reduced air pollution in a way that benefits all communities. —Chris King, chief policy officer, Siemens Digital Grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

General Motors and AT&T will bring 5G cellular connectivity to millions of GM vehicles coming off the assembly line over the next decade in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Battery 500 Phase 2, with BNL, INL, SLAC, General Motors and 8 universities as partners. EVs@Scale Lab Consortium addressing technical barriers to wide-scale EV adoption and integration with the grid, with ANL, INL, ORNL, PNNL and SNL. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. —Alice Jackson, president, Xcel Energy-Colorado.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 3, 2023

While Micheal Andretti first announced plans to have the family racing team join the F1 grid in 2022, FIA hadn’t taken the matter under serious consideration until the following year. We previously speculated that being backed by General Motors would make all the difference for Andretti Autosport.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 31, 2024

Andretti-Cadillac's bid to join the Formula One grid has been officially rejected, confusing plenty of people that thought the team had a good chance of being the first American entrant since Haas. When General Motors opted to get involved via Cadillac.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 29, 2023

General Motors recently announced new home charging offerings for its EV customers, including solutions that enable vehicle-to-home (V2H) functionality.& The V2H Bundle includes a bidirectional charger and home charger that can let the structure go off-grid. & GM’s Ultium Home products come in three bundles.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 15, 2014

A new trial of grid-balancing technology which will allow utilities companies to request electric cars to stop charging, is to get underway this week with the support of eight of the world’s leading carmakers. Ford, Honda, BMW, Chrysler, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi and Toyota will al[.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Hempstead Town, New York with support from National Grid, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and several clean energy organizations launched Long Island’s first hydrogen fuel station. Construction of the fueling station cost approximately $2.2

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

From Autosport : Formula 1 retains the final say on the admittance of a new entry to the grid, with CEO Stefano Domenicali repeatedly stressing that an additional team is not needed unless it brings additional value, while incumbent teams have been cold on the prospect of Andretti expanding its IndyCar and Formula E outfit into grand prix racing.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

OnStar is hoping to boost the development of Smart Grid solutions by encouraging energy companies and tech firms to use its application programming (API).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Southern California Edison (SCE) opened the largest battery energy storage project in North America—the Tehachapi Energy Storage Project—to modernize the grid to integrate more clean energy. This installation will allow us to take a serious look at the technological capabilities of energy storage on the electric grid.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2022

The electricity mix used in stationary processes (unless otherwise specified) comes from the 2035 US grid generation mix projected by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) in the Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2021. High production volume is assumed unless explicitly specified. Fuel production pathways considered.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 10, 2009

The future is green for General Motors and it has further established its commitment to forward-thinking technology with the opening of what has been dubbed the largest and most technologically advanced battery lab in the USA. Around 90 per cent of the electricity used for battery testing can be returned to the local energy grid.

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