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Gridtractor launches fleet electrification services to accelerate zero-emission agriculture

Green Car Congress

Gridtractor will help farmers integrate electric charging and vehicle to grid (V2G) into their operations to strengthen the power grid with its smart energy platform. —David Meyers.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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Wallbox introduces Quasar 2 next-generation bidirectional home charger at CES 2022

Green Car Congress

As well as enabling EV owners to charge and discharge their electric vehicle to power their home or the grid, Wallbox’s latest innovation is designed to give EV drivers the ability to isolate their home from the grid and use their EV for backup power during a blackout. With Quasar, your EV energy goes beyond driving.

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IBM introduces new wind and solar forecasting system for utilities; big data analytics and weather modeling to predict output

Green Car Congress

The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of wind power and solar energy. This will enable utilities to integrate more renewable energy into the power grid, the company says. This amount of additional energy can power roughly more than 14,000 homes.

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Volkswagen Group sets up new group company for energy and charging: Elli

Green Car Congress

A high-end DC charging station with 22 kW can make the electric car an energy storage system and part of the smart grid of the future thanks to bidirectional charging and connection to an energy management system. Stationary battery storage will also play a key role in this context in the future. Charging on the road.

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Accelerate the layout of new energy vehicle charging piles in various places

Setec Powerr

Recently, the Ministry of Transport, the National Energy Administration, the State Grid Corporation of China, and China Southern Power Grid Corporation jointly issued the Action Plan for Accelerating the Construction of Charging Infrastructure along the Highway, establishing three phased construction goals.

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How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last?

Blink Charging

Every time the charge-discharge process is repeated, the battery loses a little of its capacity to store and generate power. EVs are much more sustainable and also need less maintenance. It allows cars to get charged from a power grid and the battery to charge the grid back. Miles Ahead.