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GM and OnStar launching real-world smart grid pilot with ATOMS-based services

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General Motors and OnStar are launching a real-world pilot of smart grid applications for electric vehicles. Through OnStar’s ATOMS infrastructure and partners’ solutions, utilities will be able to implement two Smart Grid services in the pilot: Data Gathering.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

Cars That Think

After three years, he moved to the United States to work for AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel, N.J. AT&T named him chief scientist, and in that position he worked on developing architecture and protocols for a large-scale Internet so that customers could connect to it from their homes. where he continued his networking work.

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GMs Approach to Integrating Smart Plug-ins to the Smart Grid Leverages Emerging Standards and OnStar

Green Car Congress

GM is embracing the use of communications standards that operate with optional data transports to enable smart charging and integration with the emerging smart grid. A network of smart loads with communications to report their current state and act on smart grid commands. EVSE=Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment. Source: GM.

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OnStar showing Smart Energy Management Solutions for EVs and utilities

Green Car Congress

OnStar will demonstrate a set of smart energy management technologies designed to help electric vehicle customers and utilities plan better and save money at DistribuTECH , a smart grid conference and exposition being held in San Diego 1-3 February. A Chevrolet Volt will be used in the demonstrations. Time-of-Use (TOU) rates.

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Testing and refining EV charging standards: Q&A with CharIN’s Executive Director

Charged EVs

There are still some technical details that need to be figured out, like integrating grid codes, but the CharIN community is interested and invested in solving some of those challenges. Erika Myers: CharIN absolutely thinks there’s some opportunity for vehicle-to-grid integration.

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Testing and refining EV charging standards: Q&A with CharIN’s Executive Director – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

There are still some technical details that need to be figured out, like integrating grid codes, but the CharIN community is interested and invested in solving some of those challenges. Erika Myers: CharIN absolutely thinks there’s some opportunity for vehicle-to-grid integration.

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

Cars That Think

Nearly 400 exhibitors representing the boldest energy innovations in the United States came together last week at the annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. The conference, hosted in Dallas by the U.S. The company is evaluating several tailings sites in the United States, including in upstate New York.

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