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Factor in V2G Revenue When Planning Fleet Electrification

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Upfront cost remains an obstacle to fleet electrification According to a recent survey , upfront cost is the most significant obstacle to adopting EVs in fleets. Fleet operators have to purchase EVs, purchase, install and manage depot EV charging infrastructure, retrain drivers, and transition maintenance staff.

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Updated IEA EV/PHEV roadmap finds announced production plans for electric vehicles far below sales targets set by countries

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Electric-drive vehicles are unlikely to succeed in the next five to ten years without strong policy support, especially in two areas, the roadmap says: making vehicles cost competitive with today’s internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, and ensuring adequate recharging infrastructure is in place.

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Congressional Budget Office estimates US federal policies promoting EVs and other fuel-efficient vehicles will cost $7.5B through 2019; little or no impact on gasoline use and GHG in the short term

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Tax credits and gasoline prices necessary for various electric vehicles to be cost-competitive with conventional vehicles at 2011 vehicle prices. That finding takes into account both the higher purchase price of an electric vehicle and the lower fuel costs over the vehicle’s life. Source: CBO. Click to enlarge.

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Deloitte suggests Gen Y’s embrace of hybrid vehicles may be auto market’s tipping point

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Further, the survey shows that Gen Y respondents are married to the convenience of traditional gasoline-powered automobiles, strongly preferring powertrains that do not require plug-in recharging. Smartphone on wheels. Gen Y consumers also rank smartphone applications as highly desirable in a new automobile (72%).

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Quallion Remains on Track in Development of Li-ion-Based Anti-Idling HVAC System

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The company started as a medical implant (primary) battery company, then moved to rechargeable (secondary) batteries for aerospace systems. The company is purchasing commodity cells from Sanyo (now part of Panasonic) and integrating them into modules and packs using its proprietary Matrix and HAM (heat absorbing material) technologies.

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DOE to award up to $35M to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technologies; fuel cell range extenders

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Design, Deployment, and Validation of Advanced, Low-cost Mobile Hydrogen Refuelers. to ensure that consumers purchasing the fuel are accurately charged. Subtopic 2a: Design, Deployment, and Validation of Advanced, Low-cost Mobile Hydrogen Refuelers. Innovative Hydrogen Delivery Pipeline Manufacturing.

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Bosch sees future requiring multiple powertrain technologies; the larger the vehicle, the more the electrification

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Therefore, Bohr said, Bosch aims to develop lithium-ion batteries that will at least double the range of current electric vehicles and at half the cost per kilowatt-hour. This is the best possible way to promote the purchase of electric vehicles. ”. Batteries Diesel Engines Hybrids Hydraulic Hybrid Plug-ins'

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