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Stefano Paris at the November 19th, 2008 Los Angeles Auto Show unveiling of the MINIE. If you’ve been following the BMW MINIE program unveiled officially on November 19th, 2008 at the Los Angeles Auto Show you’ll know the process for being selected as a potential MINIE driver is a multistep one.
BMW Group and Vattenfall have started a new research project on the secondary use of high-voltage EV batteries using batteries from the MINIE and the BMW ActiveE as stationary power storage.
The benefit to PG&E of more efficient use of existing power grid resources through EV charging management is passed on in the form of monetary incentives to program participants. At the end of a vehicle’s life, these batteries still have at least 70% of their original storage capacity available, making them suitable for re-use.
In the managed charge pilot program, select BMW i3 owners will allow PG&E to request a delay in the charging of their vehicles by up to an hour, when grid loads are at their peak. EV battery “second life” system using MINIE vehicle batteries. Program participation.
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