Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2016

Researchers from Griffith University in Australia and Peking University in China have synthesized low-cost, hierarchically porous, and nitrogen-doped loofah sponge carbon (N-LSC) derived from the loofah sponge via a simple calcining process and applied it as a multifunctional blocking layer for Li–S, Li–Se, and Li–I 2 batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Eos Energy, a provider of safe, scalable, efficient, and sustainable zinc-powered long-duration stationary energy storage systems, announced Project AMAZE (American Made Zinc Energy), a $500-million planned expansion and a significant milestone to build 8 GWh of clean energy storage production capacity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

Thorsten Nicklaß, formerly CEO of the Digital Energy Solutions joint venture and now designated CEO of Elli, announced that the new Volkswagen Group company would also offer to customers outside the Group green power from renewable sources that was 100% CO 2 -neutral. —Thorsten Nicklaß. home – charging at home: Wallbox.

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Driivz

OCTOBER 8, 2023

They are quieter, cleaner, have better acceleration, and cost less to keep running because electricity is cheaper than diesel and EVs require less maintenance than their ICE counterparts. All these costs must be factored into achieving TCO targets. and can include penalties for exceeding peak demand limits.

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Solid Power Inc. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. e-Mosaic: Electrification Mosaic Platform for Grid- Informed Smart Charging Management. Achates Power. Dream Team Co LLC.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2020

However, there remains a need to lower the costs of fusion development and accelerate its development timeline to have appreciable impact. The CM has a simple, axisymmetric geometry and provides a potential low-cost pathway to a breakeven experiment. Commercial fusion technology has long been viewed as an ideal energy source.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2012

HIQAP battery packs include Balqon proprietary Battery Management System (BMS) and related power electronics components for direct replacement of current lead-acid battery packs. HIQAP low cost, high efficiency, long life and zero maintenance can help long term growth of the industry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Industry-Informed Physics-Based Monitoring for Asset Management and Maintenance Optimization, $500,000 Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, Calif. Integrated Power Block Heat Exchanger/Thermal Energy Storage System for CSP Plants, $348,000 CFOAM LLC, Triadelphia, W. Kairos Power, Oakland, Calif. Amesbury, Mass.

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Driivz

MARCH 26, 2023

Free or low-cost workplace EV charging is itself an attractive benefit for existing and prospective employees. Companies can recoup some of the cost of offering employees free or low-cost workplace charging by allowing visitors to use the charging stations for a fee. Increasing employee satisfaction and loyalty.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings. A critical issue in decarbonization will also be the role of the electrical grid itself. Wind and solar farms are alternatives to fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2010

With the AC Propulsion and AutoPort solution, the current USPS LLV design will be stripped of the gasoline engine, transmission and other components and refitted with the AC Propulsion AC-150 drive system, an integrated power system that includes an AC induction motor, inverter, charger and 12V power supply.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But their reliance on mechanical components and intricate design presents drawbacks, including highly specialized maintenance needs, while flow batteries' electrolytes can be costly, corrosive or toxic. In theory, they should be a good choice for applications, such as storing surplus energy from renewables.

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Driivz

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Early adopters of EV fleets have already realized 20-25% cost savings from greater efficiency, more affordable “fueling” and reduced maintenance. Sources of clean and renewable energy from solar and wind are increasingly being integrated into the grid by utilities around the world.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2016

Transient Plasma Systems will enhance the understanding of its pulsed power ignition technology by applying performance metrics. This work will contribute to design improvements for increased power density/current density uniformity. Grid Logic, working with ORNL. Water Power. Percheron Power, working with PNNL.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

But their reliance on mechanical components and intricate design presents drawbacks, including highly specialized maintenance needs, while flow batteries' electrolytes can be costly, corrosive or toxic. In theory, they should be a good choice for applications, such as storing surplus energy from renewables.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The solicitation was designed as a call for early-stage clean energy innovations that fall within five defined technology areas: energy efficiency; energy storage; AI/machine learning; advanced power electronics/power conditioning; and zero- and negative-carbon emission generation. Details of the 28 companies awarded a total of $4.2

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

Almost all locomotives used today are powered by electricity, either generated onboard through a diesel engine or provided through a connection to the electric grid (third rails or overhead lines). Other benefits include reduced noise levels and lower maintenance costs. —Dave Hurst.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

The Vehicle Technologies Office Program Wide Selections will aim to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of plug-in electric, alternative fuel, and conventional vehicles through thirty-five projects addressing 11 areas of interest. Grid Modernization for Electric Vehicles (Area of Interest 2). Description. Federal funding.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The Department of Energy is working with industry, universities, national laboratories, and other groups to develop technologies capable of harnessing these resources to generate environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive power. The project will assess the cost of manufacturing these systems at various scales.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Dr. Prabhakar Patil, the CEO of Compact Power, Inc. Manganese is also abundant and low-cost and with the use of proprietary additives, CPI believes a calendar life of more than 15 years is achievable within a vehicle with proper design and operation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

The communications infrastructure will require home networks that connect home appliances and electrical power equipment within the home or office, and field area networks that connect devices such as smart meters between outside buildings. It also allows easy base station maintenance without shutting down. Energy savings.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2011

And besides technical improvements, the systems will need to be built to last, using materials that are safe and durable so that batteries could operate more than 15 years and require very little maintenance over their lifetime. In addition, it can provide services to solve more localized power quality issues and reactive power support.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2019

Michigan State University’s HIPPED technology is a highly scalable heat exchanger suited for high-efficiency power generation systems that use supercritical CO 2 as a working fluid and operate at high temperature and high pressure. It features a plate-type heat exchanger that enables lower cost, powder-based manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2015

Grid Modernization for Electric Vehicles. Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low-Cost Automotive Magnesium (Mg) Sheet Components. Advances for the Production of Low Cost Electric Drive Vehicle Motors. Funds may not be used for the purchase or installation of fueling infrastructure or vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2016

Secretary Moniz also announced that two innovative projects at CALSTART and the National Association of Regional Councils will receive $3 million to develop systems that help companies combine their purchasing of advanced vehicles, components, and infrastructure to reduce incremental cost and achieve economies of scale.

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Li-ion Ni-Li Vehicles Grid 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. Appendix C: Intricacies of the Grid—transfer of power vs. energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2016

They also maintain the Veefil’s high design standards and are low cost to install and maintain. The Veefil UT 50kW DC fast charger is designed specifically for energy and utility companies worldwide, and is the first fast charger designed to connect directly to the grid. Power factor 0.99 Veefil 22kW.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 14, 2024

In Europe, where e-bike power levels are limited to a mere 250 watts, that’s a third of a horsepower. The reason you still see e-bikes zipping by so quickly is that you simply don’t need very much power to move a 50 lb vehicle and a single person. And so when you don’t need much power, you don’t need much electricity.

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Setec Powerr

JULY 19, 2023

Planning also depends on creating new alliances with service providers and potentially competitors to ensure that reliable, cost-effective, high-power charging emerges where it’s needed for your fleet when vehicles arrive at scale. Currently SETEC POWER is able to provide up to 360kW level 3 EV charger.

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Cars That Think

JULY 10, 2024

The missile strikes terrorized Ukrainian citizens and shut down the power grid, but Russia’s blockade was arguably more consequential, devastating Ukraine’s economy and creating food shortages from North Africa to the Middle East. Why the U.S. Navy for more than a decade. president from intervening on Taiwan’s behalf.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

DOE launched the Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative (CEMI) to strengthen clean energy manufacturing competitiveness by boosting energy productivity and leveraging low-cost domestic energy resources as fuels and feedstocks. PowerAmerica is focused on wide bandgap semiconductor technologies for next generation power electronics.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

Area Of Interest (AOI) 1: Development of Low-Cost, High-Strength Automotive Aluminum Sheet. This AOI is to address two major technical gaps in the performance of automotive aluminum alloys: Low strength among cost competitive automotive sheet alloys such as 5xxx and 6xxx series. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Currently, there are two primary and parallel standardization efforts for vehicle to grid communications: a joint ISO/IEC working group and an EPRI/SAE effort. Incompatible solutions highly limit an available low-cost charging infrastructure, and thus impose high market introduction hurdles for electric vehicles, he said.

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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. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. Establishing dealer network.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Powered by Blogrunner Previous post The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? Even so, most next gen EV manufacturers are focused on lithium ion (and to a lesser extent NiMH) as the core technology to power their cars. Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. — Larry 4.

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