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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Those arguments are not yet settled. But big automakers like.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

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Between 30 and 95% we can do V2G without any effect on the battery warranty. The other piece is understanding why bidirectional vehicles and vehicle-to-grid are essential to our clean energy future in California. We are starting with Norway and Denmark, then we’ll expand across all of the Nordics. PSA has been working on it.

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Feature: Are Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars The Future?

Clean Fleet Report

In fact, when BEVs were first being introduced, hydrogen powered cars were seen as not being far behind. Hydrogen Vs. Battery Powered Cars. They still have a long way to go before catching up on fossil fuel-powered cars in convenience of fueling. Another incident occurred in Sandvika, Norway. BEVs offer advantages.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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Nonetheless, hydrogen fuel cell cars are, like pure battery powered cars, classed as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV). Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said.

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