Baua Electric

MAY 16, 2024

Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has installed an off-grid solar tracker EV charging station for its employees. The four Level 2 charging points are powered by a 6.2-kilowatt Solar EV Charger operates even when the grid is down, and its transportable nature allows it to adapt as EV charging needs evolve.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

SAE International has published the first global standard that specifies, in a single document, both the electric vehicle and supply equipment (EVSE) ground-system requirements for wireless charging of electric vehicles (EV). After a communications handshake, charging begins automatically without a physical corded connection.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

Charging speeds for electric vehicles (EVs) vary widely, from as little as 15 minutes using an ultra-rapid 350 kW charger, to as much as 24 hours when relying on a domestic wall outlet. IDTechEx forecasts that most of the new DC charging installations will be in the 100+ kW power classes. What does a fast-charging curve tell us?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2022

Mopar has introduced new, Wi-Fi-capable, Level 2 (240-volt) charging units for at-home charging for Jeep 4xe and Chrysler plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. In addition, new Wi-Fi connectivity gives customers the ability to monitor and control charging any time and anywhere via a mobile app and web portal.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. Charged : When did you start selling the EV ARC?

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The battery is recharged by plugging the car into an EV charging station. But did you know there are different types of electric car plugs, and each one has different capabilities, costs and charging speeds? Level 1 charging stations use a 120-volt system. This is analogous to plugging your phone in.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Honda is partnering with the V2X Suisse consortium to demonstrate the role of electric vehicles (EVs) and bi-directional charging technology in the future of energy management. To allow bi-directional charging, Honda is also providing 35 Honda Power Manager units. Earlier post.) Honda Power Manager and Honda e.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Charging patterns with (TOU) and without (RES) whole house time-of-use rate during summer weekdays at Progress Energy, one of the participating utilities. The work was done under the DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability’s (OE) Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG program). Charging behaviors. Click to enlarge.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Future generations will increasingly rely on the grid to power their vehicles. Consequently, power grid stability and resilience have caught the public’s attention as the demand for electricity and energy-consuming technologies continues to rise. This promotes grid resilience using low-demand hours for EV charging power.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Volta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging and media company, announced that a project application it collaborated on with Imagen Energy, a developer of compact high-power EV chargers, was awarded a $12-million grant from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

Subscriptions of connected services for consumer and commercial Electric Vehicles (EVs), such as charging-station locator, eco-routing, and EV telematics, will grow 270% from 2020 to 2024, reaching 7 million subscribers by 2024, according to global tech market advisory firm, ABI Research.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

Hager Group and Audi are thus bidirectional charging at home, otherwise known as Vehicle to Home (V2H). —Martin Dehm, technical project manager for bidirectional charging at Audi. An Audi e-tron with near-series charging technology was used in a research project.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2022

million integrated charging and depot management system from German supplier PSI eBus. This software package will play a crucial role in steering the e-buses’ charging processes and all movements of all buses in their depots. The board of directors of Beglian transportation operator De Lijn has approved the implementation of an €11.2-million

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Siemens Energy Management Division has teamed with Duke Energy and Ford to demonstrate the results of an 18-month effort to reduce the cost and expand electric vehicle charging technologies. OpenADR is an open standard for Automated Demand Response, allowing utilities to manage grid load resources remotely and automatically.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2014

Ford Motor Company announced the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept, a sun-powered hybrid vehicle that can deliver the efficiency of a plug-in hybrid without depending on the electric grid for recharging. This could be especially important in places where the electric grid is underdeveloped, unreliable or expensive to use.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

As a flexible fast charger, it requires no civil engineering work or adjustments to the grid connection and can charge two electric vehicles simultaneously with up to 150 kW. This means the expansion of a dense public network of fast-charging stations can become a reality much sooner than was previously assumed.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Vehicle-to-grid EV charging technology has arrived in Australia – or, at least, one small part of it. A Nissan Leaf owned by Barossa winemaker Joseph Evans has become the first car to be connected to the electricity grid in South Australia. Nissan Leaf being used for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

The study will consist of research and data modeling to assess feasibility for dynamic wireless charging in the UK and the potential for the first real-world demonstrator in the UK. L-R: ORNL’s Omer Onar and Veda Galigekere with the dynamic wireless charging test bed at ORNL’s Grid Research Integration and Deployment Center.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2024

view in browser Taking EV Charging in the U.S. to the Next Level Organized by the Smart Grid Observer, the 5th EV Charging Infrastructure Summit – North America, July 15-17, 2024 in Chicago examines key challenges, opportunities and advances related to EV charging deployment in the U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

BMW has announced it is expanding its ChargeForward incentive program to drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles living in the contiguous United States. That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

With electric vehicles becoming more common, the risks and hazards of a cyberattack on electric vehicle charging equipment and systems also increases. Jay Johnson, an electrical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been studying the varied vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for the past four years.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Ford’s Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid van ( earlier post )is available to order now with first deliveries before the end of the year. The Transit Custom Plug-In Hybrid’s front wheels are driven exclusively by a 92.9 The technology will help ensure businesses comply with regulations and avoid charges or penalties.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

The report, Bucks for balancing: can plug-in vehicles of the future extract cash—and carbon—from the power grid? , is based on a research collaboration between a team of engineers from Ricardo and National Grid, the operator of the high voltage electricity transmission system within Great Britain (GB).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2021

ChargeForward is the first smart charging program to offer customers incentives for maximizing the integration of renewable energy while optimizing their EV charging. Optimizing charging against renewable energy was the primary focus of the second phase.

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Baua Electric

MAY 30, 2024

But the real innovation is this: when operators require additional runtime, they can plug the TB20e’s onboard charger into a power source and remain operational. If you’re on a job site with grid power, that means the TB20e could (in theory) be kept working around the clock. Check out Volvo’s grid-connected material handler here.

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Driivz

DECEMBER 20, 2022

EV smart charging regulations in the EU , the UK , and the US play a number of roles in the electrification of transportation; from investing in the expansion of EV smart charging infrastructure and battery cell production to funding buyer incentives to help increase the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road. .

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

In addition to reinjecting electricity into the power grid, the bidirectional charger supports a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function for powering electrical appliances directly from the car. A smartphone app used to program bidirectional charging, simply by setting the time when the vehicle is going to be used next and the desired battery level.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

At the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Bus & Paratransit Conference, electric bus manufacturer Proterra has introduced high-power charging options to make a 100% electric bus fleet more easily achievable. The chargers will also utilize de facto industry-standard for communication, Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP 1.6).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

Drivers of plug-in electric vehicles have needed to have the right charging card or smartphone app to gain access to public charging stations. Daimler and Hubject have now concluded the pilot phase of the system in cooperation with the charging point operator ebee smart technologies. Source: Hubject.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

The Ford PHEV charge settings user interface. Ford Motor Company has developed an intelligent vehicle-to-grid communications and control system for its plug-in hybrid electric vehicles that communicates directly with the electric grid. Ford’s PHEV vehicle-to-grid communications. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2023

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and BMW of North America (BMW) are collaborating to test how vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology can serve as a solution to offset growing demand on the power grid, improve reliability for electric customers, and maximize the usage of renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2014

The TT concept features a plug-in hybrid drive with two electric motors and a system output of 300 kW (408 hp) and 650 N·m (479 lb?ft) in hybrid drive with the option of inductive charging is a major step toward the mobility of the future. An Audi wall box is used for stationary charging. ft) of system torque.

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EV Connect

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Yet it places unprecedented demand on our electrical grid. Department of Energy (DOE), the growing demand from plug-in electric vehicles and many other technologies that require electricity could increase the load on our power grids by up to 38% by 2050. What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Technology? home for a day.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the power grid. This project will demonstrate and test an electric vehicle’s ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid condition and the vehicle’s battery state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), along with several auto manufacturers, utilities, and regional transmission organizations, will demonstrate the Open Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Platform software system, developed by EPRI and Sumitomo Electric Industries. Earlier post.). Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

The European automobile manufacturers have agreed to a first phase of joint specifications to connect electrically chargeable vehicles to the electricity grid in a safe and user-friendly way. Further agreements will follow for long-term, DC charging (quick charging) and heavy-duty vehicles. Type 2 (Mode 3).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

The roadmap’s primary focus is on light duty, on-road plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are recharged via a connection to the electrical grid, as well as the supporting charging infrastructure needed to power them. Topics covered include standards to address high power DC charging; storage (i.e.,

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