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
JULY 24, 2012
s smart grid research project in Austin’s Mueller community, the Pecan Street Demonstration. Pecan Street also offered a limited number of rebates for the Nissan Leaf and Prius PHV. We hope Pecan Street’s research will speed up the innovation cycle around smart grid and consumer electronic technology. The Mueller Community.
Revenge of the Electric Car
APRIL 28, 2010
GE and Nissan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly research “smart charging&# stations. For more information, read the article: GE, Nissan team on smart charging for electric cars. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: GE, Nissan team on smart charging for electric cars.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2013
The paper, “Charged Up: Southern California Edison’s Key Learnings about Electric Vehicles, Our Customers and Grid Reliability,” shares information based on customer data and utility operations gathered since SCE began to prepare the distribution system and its customers for widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption in its service territory.
All Cars Electric
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
Before leaving the garage, you plug in your 2011 Nissan Leaf and switch the charger on. And the whole neighborhood goes dark. Your EV was the straw that broke the camel's back, the grid already. The lights are on, the dinner is waiting for you in the oven and the kids are watching TV.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
By evaluating how the vehicles are driven and how they are charged, the AVTA is able to demonstrate vehicle energy consumption results and potential electric grid impacts. The eTec/Nissan project will document more than 70 million miles of electric drive vehicle operations and more than 1.8 Earlier post.) million charging events.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2011
The majority of EV service equipment (EVSE) will be networked and managed via information technology (IT) and communications systems that will aggregate power demand and enable a coordinated response to changing grid conditions. Pike Research anticipates that worldwide investment in electric vehicle IT systems will reach $1.5
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