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DOE expands partnership with industry to advance next-generation automotive technologies, adds Tesla and EPRI as members: US DRIVE

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The announcement of US DRIVE marks the addition of two new members that bring additional focus on electric-drive vehicle technologies to the partnership: the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Tesla Motors. Energy industry: BP America, Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Corporation, and Shell Oil Products US.

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

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Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The need for large-scale electrochemical energy storage as a grid-stabilizing source of demand disappeared. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Daimler, Evonik Automotive Li-ion JV to Build Factory This Fall in Kamenz; Application in Mercedes Vehicles from 2012

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Deutsche Accumotive—our joint venture with Evonik—is an important resource for the auto industry, to develop, produce and also distribute [these batteries] to third parties. Even in a few years, therefore, many vehicles will have these “Made in Germany” energy storage systems on board. kWh/kg, and a power density of 1.3

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. BYD also developed the motors and software for the system. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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