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Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) have agreed to collaborate on a smart grid research project incorporating electric-vehicle-to-X (e.g., MC, MMC and MELCO have worked on Smart Grid systems to utilize these batteries since last March.

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MAY 18, 2011

have been selected as contractors for a joint US-Japan collaboration supporting a Smart Grid project on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The project is supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in cooperation with the State of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hitachi, Ltd.,

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JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. Earlier post.).

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MAY 25, 2010

million electric vehicle charge points will be installed worldwide during the period from 2010 to 2015 to support the transition to plug-in vehicles. Pike Research’s analysis indicates that the market for EV charging equipment is likely to become increasingly crowded by the end of 2011. Source: Pike Research.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

trafficThis scenario is highly desirable to automotive manufacturers, who harbor great concerns about battery warranty if vehicle-to-grid discharging is allowed. V2GFull varies not only the charging of the vehicle battery, but also can vary the discharging of the battery back into the power grid. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 28, 2010

Earlier this year, Nissan Nissan North America (NNA) selected AeroVironment to supply electric vehicle home-charging stations and installation services supporting the introduction of the LEAF. Aker Wade: Level III networked fast charging stations for electric vehicles worldwide. Source: Ecotality. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 2, 2010

Chevrolet plans to produce 10,000 Volt extended range electric vehicles by the end of the 2011 calendar year, and an additional 30,000 Volts during the 2012 calendar year, according to Volt Marketing Director Tony DiSalle, who made the announcements during a live video webcast 1 July. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 19, 2011

The BMW ActiveE ( earlier post ) will be available for lease in the metropolitan markets of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, New York and Boston as well as the state of Connecticut beginning in Fall 2011 for $499 per month for 24 months with a down payment $2,250. Top speed is electronically limited at around 90 mph.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

President and CEO Takanobu Ito unveiled the Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a mid-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. No one vehicle can meet every customer need or solve every societal challenge.We The Fit EV concept. Click to enlarge. Honda Motor Co.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Cumulative light-duty PEV deployments by segment, world markets: 2011-2017. Nearly nine out of ten plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) sold this year will include at least a basic telematics package, and that percentage will likely grow to 94% by 2017, according to a new report from Pike Research. Source: Pike Research.

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JULY 26, 2012

Hydro-Québec’s research institute (IREQ) has awarded GRIDbot Canada the contract for the development and supply of an advanced bidirectional charging station for an experimental project on vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home power exchanges (V2G-V2H). TM4, a Hydro-Québec subsidiary, will supply a latest-generation TM4 M?

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While it’s great news that electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more popular in the United States, it does pose a unique issue: EV sales are now outpacing EV charging infrastructure. of the total light-duty vehicle market in 2021! There are now over 3 million total electric cars on the roads today.

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MARCH 28, 2012

ABB launched the Terra Smart Connect (SC), a low-cost DC fast-charger that the company says will significantly improve the business case for installing electric-vehicle (EV) fast chargers throughout Europe. In 2011, Nissan launched its own quick charger into Europe, available for less than €10,000 ( Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

General Electric and General Motors signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate jointly the deployment of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in China. The MOU was announced at the 2011 China International Electric Power and Electric Engineering Technology Exhibition in Shanghai.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Electric last week signed a technology and commercial cooperation agreement to collaborate towards establishing reliable business models for Electrical Mobility (EV), which includes both Fixed Battery Electrical Vehicles (FBEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV).

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Long before the launch of the BMW i3, it was clear that the batteries would have an exceptionally long life and could serve a useful purpose in enabling electric driving both within and outside of the vehicle. In 2011, batteries which were previously used in the MINI E test fleet were successfully implemented in a stationary project.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford, Detroit Edison and Xtreme Power are teaming up to establish one of Michigan’s largest solar power generation systems and electric vehicle charging stations at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich. Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has developed a vehicle-to_home (V2H) system for the mutual sharing of power between plug-in vehicles—plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs)—and homes. The devices will be installed on the PHVs used in this round of the Toyota City Project tests.

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AUGUST 8, 2013

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is trialing a bus application for its Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) technology, a dynamic wireless charging technology that recharges a vehicle’s battery while the vehicle is in motion. Electric (Battery) Fleets Infrastructure Plug-ins Smart charging'

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The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [

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MAY 4, 2012

Located at an electrical substation 172 kilometers (107 miles) from Antofagasta, Chile, the Los Andes Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) has been delivering a similar reliability service since 2009. AES Energy Storage worked with AES Gener throughout the design, development, and installation of the Angamos BESS.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

million PEVs plugged into the global grid, with 885,000 PEVs in North America and more than 780,000 PEVs in Europe. Unfortunately, IDC says, these vehicles will “cause havoc” on the distribution grid if they start appearing without any preparation by grid managers. PEVs are coming.

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The achievement of wireless power transmission over long distances will not only facilitate the transmission of power to locations where installation of power cables has been difficult or dangerous, but is also expected to contribute to transmission of power from offshore wind turbines and various other applications in the future.

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OCTOBER 29, 2009

In spring 2011, the plant will start to produce SCiB cells and modules for application in battery-powered electric vehicles (EV). Toshiba anticipates strong demand for SCiB, primarily for application in battery-powered electric vehicles (EV), in a range extending from motorcycles to forklifts through to cars.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Coulomb Technologies, in partnership with Ford, Chevrolet and smart USA, will provide 4,600 free home and public ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles throughout the United States through the ChargePoint America program. The remaining stations will be installed by September 2011. Sacramento, Calif.;

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MARCH 7, 2012

This is a big year for the Nissan LEAF in Europe and we are committed to creating an environment for electric mobility to thrive across the continent. The scheme will continue to develop during the next 12 months, adding to the number of demonstration and courtesy vehicles available to customers within Europe. Earlier post.)

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MAY 4, 2011

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), on behalf of its Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment/Systems (EVSES) product section, has endorsed HR 1685 , the Electric Drive Vehicle Deployment Act of 2011. Earlier post.) Introduced by Representatives Judy Biggert (R-IL), Edward J.

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Chevrolet Volts: extended range electric vehicles (EREVs). Chrysler Ram Pickup: plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). 2011, and 31 Dec. How many electric vehicle miles are traveled and what level of petroleum reduction can be achieved? SCAQMD/EPRI/Via Motors: PHEV vans and pickups. Between 1 Jan.

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MARCH 6, 2013

The Workplace Charging Challenge aims to expand the availability of workplace charging for American workers——increasing the convenience of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and providing drivers with more options.

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BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s. World coal production grew by 105 mtoe or 3.2%, the fastest rate of growth since 2011.

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JULY 22, 2011

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area. The BMW ActiveE is the BMW Group’s next step towards a mass-produced electric vehicle.

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The company will make its decision in 2011 taking the market situation, future prospects, and verification results into account. The company also plans to provide its lithium-ion secondary batteries to affiliated companies and to supply them to other companies for installation in their products as a powertrain.

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APRIL 1, 2010

announced at the New York International Auto Show that they are teaming up to implement the Microsoft Hohm energy management application for Ford’s electric vehicles. Ford is the first automaker to announce the planned use of Hohm, starting with the Focus Electric next year. Ford Motor Company and Microsoft Corp.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

With a vehicle lifecycle of around 15 years, the global electric car population might by then reach about the same total as cumulative production, some of the later EVs sold having replaced older EVs that had been scrapped, the report, “Electric Vehicles: Energy, infrastructure and the mobility market in the real world” , notes.

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Smart grids, for example, make it easier and cheaper to replace fossil-fired power with renewables without jeopardizing the reliability of the energy system. In 2012, sales of hybrid-electric vehicles passed the one million mark. million, up 43% from 2011. HEV sales broke the one million mark in 2012, and reached 1.2

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JANUARY 9, 2010

Scheduled to be fully operational by mid-2011, the facility will be in close proximity to GE Global Research in Niskayuna, where advances to the battery chemistry were developed. It is designed for on-road service trucks to provide a quick charge to stranded battery electric vehicles similar to an “out-of-gas” situation.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

US-based electric vehicle provider ZAP and China auto manufacturer Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. have entered a commercial agreement to produce electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs), cars and other electric vehicles in China for domestic and global distribution. The Jonway A380. Click to enlarge.

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