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LG Chem and Eguana partner on Li-ion residential energy storage system for North America

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The Eguana power control system manages system power flow and handles the core power conversion functions—AC→DC and DC→AC—as well as connectivity with power grid. Tesla is now expected to announce a grid-scale battery pack as well as a home battery to come from its GigaFactory capacity.

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What Is Bidirectional Charging? Understanding the Benefits for Both Drivers and Businesses

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The potential of this technology now extends beyond simply powering the cars we drive. With bidirectional charging, the batteries in our vehicles can not only provide fuel for the road but energy for our homes and even our shared electrical grid. Vehicle to grid (V2G) : This is the most common application of bidirectional charging.

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The Many Benefits of V2G Charging

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Drivers are only beginning to tap into another big benefit: vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging. This technology has huge potential upsides not only for EV drivers but also for businesses and even the entire electrical grid. What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Charging? Here’s a look at how V2G works and the ROI it can bring.

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Country’s Ministry of Mines announces lithium discovery

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Important minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements are essential components of many of today’s rapidly growing clean energy technologies, from wind turbines and power grids to electric vehicles. The battery absorbs and stores this energy.

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How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last?

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Every time the charge-discharge process is repeated, the battery loses a little of its capacity to store and generate power. Hyundai and Tesla provide a lifelong warranty on their batteries. It allows cars to get charged from a power grid and the battery to charge the grid back. Miles Ahead.

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

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Despite the recent progress, a number of myths around the use, power efficiency and cost of fuel cells still exist. With global leading car OEMs such as Toyota, Honda, Hyundai all recently announcing their intentions to make their FCEVs available to the consumer, there is no doubt that the OEMs have done their homework.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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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. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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