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Better Place, China Southern Grid sign strategic agreement on battery switching; Guangzhou accord to encourage production of EVs with switchable batteries

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Better Place and China Southern Power Grid Co. It also calls for the city to promote electric-car adoption in fleet segments including public-sector vehicles and private-sector fleets such as taxis. —China Southern Grid Chairman Zhao Jianguo.

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Berkeley study finds self-driving electric taxi fleets in Manhattan would deliver significant cost and environmental benefits

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Using models they built and data from more than 10 million taxi trips in New York City, they found that the cost of service provided by a fleet of shared automated electric vehicles (SAEVs) would be $0.29-$0.61 per revenue mile—an order of magnitude lower than the cost of service of present-day Manhattan taxis and $0.05–$0.08/mi

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Chinas Largest EV Charging Stations Open in Shenzhen

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[In the US, Level 1 charging is spec’d at a nominal continuous power of 1.44 The Universiade Center charging station is equipped with 6 express chargers that can provide charging to taxies, cars and buses. China Southern Power Grid Company is a partner of the 26 th World Universiade. kVA; Level 2 charging, 6.7-7.7

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Renault Unveils Four Concept EVs and Quickdrop Battery Switch System; Commits to 100,000 EVs with Better Place

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The plug socket can be easily adapted to the current grid by an electrician. In France, EDF and Renault have been working together since October 2008, and recently signed an agreement for a Power Line Communication (PLC) system. For example, the majority of taxis in and around Paris cover between 140 and 200km a day.

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World Bank/PRTM study finds global value chain shift resulting from vehicle electrification could favor China from technology and supply chain perspectives

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Since the early vehicle applications have been with fleet vehicles such as bus/ truck or taxi, charging infrastructure technology development in China has focused on fleet needs. The full set of such standards should not only govern the physical interface, but also take into consideration safety and power grid standards.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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Concurrent Technologies Corporation will receive $2 million to share costs in a US Department of Defense vehicle-to-grid demonstration project at the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, in the western Mojave Desert region that includes parts of Kern, San Bernardino and Inyo counties.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ 15 ] Electric power grids are designed with capacity to serve the highest power peaks demanded (e.g. PHEVLERs help support the electric grid. PHEVLERs are better than BEVs in support of the electric grid.

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