article thumbnail

Toyota & Honda partner on fuel cell bus mobile power generation system to supply electricity in disasters

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Corporation and Honda R&D Co., will create a mobile power generation/output system—Moving e—that comprises a fuel cell bus that can carry a large amount of hydrogen; portable external power output devices; and portable batteries. Honda Mobile Power Pack Charge & Supply Concept charger/discharger for MPP.

Honda 397
article thumbnail

DOE, NREL and Toyota collaborating on integrating plug-in electric vehicles into power grid

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America have launched a collaborative research effort on integrating plug-in electric vehicles into the power grid.

article thumbnail

JERA and Toyota deploy first large capacity Sweep Energy Storage System with second-life batteries

Green Car Congress

JERA, the largest power generation company in Japan, responsible for about 30% of Japan’s electricity, and Toyota Motor have built and deployed the first large-capacity “Sweep Energy Storage System”. The project plans to operate grid storage batteries for recharge and discharge operations, connected to the Chubu Electric Power Grid Co.,

article thumbnail

Brasov orders 25 Solaris Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses

Green Car Congress

Solaris will supply the articulated, low-floor and zero-emission trolleybuses to the customer within 12 months. The models ordered by Brasov will be equipped with a 240 kW electric motor. For example, in the case of a power grid outage they will be able to safely exit an intersection.

Romania 262
article thumbnail

Ashok Leyland acquires Switch Mobility, GM to supply electric batteries

Electric Vehicles India

Ashok Leyland acquires Switch Mobility, GM to supply electric batteries. Hitachi ABB Power Grids has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ashok Leyland and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) for an e-mobility pilot project. GM to supply electric batteries & hydrogen fuel cell systems.

GM 95
article thumbnail

FuelCell Energy and Toyota complete first “Tri-gen” production system

Green Car Congress

FuelCell Energy and Toyota Motor North America announced the completion of the first-of-its-kind “Tri-gen system” at Toyota’s Port of Long Beach operations. FuelCell Energy has contracted with Toyota to supply the products of Tri-gen under a 20-year purchase agreement.

article thumbnail

Rolls-Royce mtu Kinetic PowerPack approved for renewable diesel

Green Car Congress

With HVO the CO 2 footprint of the mtu systems for dynamic uninterruptible power supply (DUPS) can be reduced by up to 90% (depending on the fuel’s manufacturing process and feedstock), particulate emissions by up to 80% and nitrogen oxide emissions by up to eight percent compared to fossil diesel.

Diesel 195