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Green Car Congress
APRIL 7, 2023
The start of production at the BMW Group Plant Leipzig in November 2023 will be the first time a MINI model is produced in Germany. The long-term sustainable strategy for energy generation and consumption of the BMW Group’s “green plant” at the Leipzig site includes four wind turbines with a height of 190 meters on the factory premises.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 11, 2019
Testing of the first 50 BMW i3 cars equipped with bidirectional charging technology is expected to start under real-world everyday conditions in early 2021. Bringing about these advances is the task of the research project, in which the BMW Group is acting as consortium leader.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
Bosch is cooperating with BMW and Vattenfall to explore second-life applications for EV batteries. BMW and Vattenfall has announced the start of a research project on such second-life uses in 2013. The energy will be fed into the energy balancing market to balance out short-term fluctuations in the power grid. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and American Honda Motor Co., Building on years of Open Vehicle-Grid Integration Platform (OVGIP) cross-industry collaboration, ChargeScape’s single platform will eliminate the need for individual integrations between each automotive brand and each electric utility.
Green Car Congress
JULY 11, 2018
EVgo has integrated second-life BMW i3 batteries to store energy from the grid generated during peak solar hours and later use that stored energy to fast-charge EVgo customers during periods of high demand. The second-life battery system integrates two BMW i3 battery packs into a single housing.
The Truth About Cars
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
Ford, Honda, and BMW have announced plans to create a new “vehicle-to-grid company” that’s aimed at standardizing vehicle charging via a singular platform. The service also seeks to return excess energy to the electrical grid, effectively converting EVs into publicly shared batteries.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 24, 2015
Researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are identifying battery second use (B2U) strategies capable of offsetting vehicle expenses while improving utility grid stability. It is estimated that a critical mass of used PEV batteries will become available beginning in 2030.
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