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

Cars That Think

Purveyors of EVs would have a new public-policy rationale backing up their market. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately. Grid-stabilization functions were reborn as “ancillary services.”

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge. Richland, WA Electric Vehicle: Electric-Powered Adsorption Heat Pump for. electrical battery is being charged.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

He envisioned “hundreds of thousands” of charging spots, as well as a number of stations where drained batteries could be exchanged for fresh ones. they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging.

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