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FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a product that packages a fuel cell (FC) system into a compact module; the company plans to begin selling it in the spring of 2021 or later. Schematic example of connecting the FC module to an external device. In addition, the system’s modularization greatly improves convenience.

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JUNE 3, 2022

Yamaha Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation Power & Mobility Co., a Sumitomo Corporation Group company, jointly demonstrated a new waste heat recovery system based on a thermoelectric generator (TEG), which generates electrical power via exhaust gas heat. km) via further optimization of the vehicle installation of the TEG unit.

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DECEMBER 25, 2014

Mitsubishi Motors’ Outlander PHEV is now also able to supply electrical power to the home in Japan using the SMART V2H (vehicle-to-home) system made by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, the EVPower Station made by Nichicon Corporation and the Tsubaki eLINK made by Tsubakimoto Chain Co.

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MARCH 15, 2022

Honda plans to install a stationary fuel cell power station on its corporate campus in Torrance, Calif. This new initiative will leverage Honda’s fuel cell technology expertise as part of the company’s global goal to achieve carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050. by early 2023. 1 Quad Unit.

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JULY 24, 2014

These new projects will accelerate a statewide hydrogen refueling station network that will support the commercial launch of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in 2015 and boost the installation of electric vehicle chargers along highway corridors and in workplaces. ITM Power Inc. Ontario CNG Station Inc.

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JUNE 8, 2011

Azure Dynamics Corporation announced that the Transit Connect Electric ( earlier post ), the result of a collaborative effort between Azure and Ford Motor Company, has received a GSA Contract Award allowing US government agencies, affiliated companies and military installations to purchase the all-electric van.

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JULY 29, 2023

Toyota has also succeeded in reducing the weight of joints and flexible hoses for the mobile liquid hydrogen station that was developed jointly by Iwatani Corporation and Toyota. kg by eliminating the connection cover and changing the components that do not come into contact with hydrogen from iron to aluminum. kg to 12.5

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MARCH 27, 2013

Mitsubishi Motors reported two separate incidents with Li-ion battery packs: one, a fire in a i-MiEV battery pack at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant; the other, heating and melting in a pack installed in an Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. In the Mizushima event, the pack was connected to charge-discharge test equipment.

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MAY 30, 2012

will launch the “LEAF to Home” V2H (vehicle-to-home) power supply system, which can supply electricity from the 24 kWh Li-ion battery pack in Nissan LEAF electric vehicles (EV) to residential homes when used with the “EV Power Station” unit—which is also a 6 kW charger for charging the LEAF—developed by Nichicon Corporation.

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will carry out a series of verification tests in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from November 2012 to March 2013 to assess various practicalities of the widespread deployment of standard chargers for plug-in vehicles. The tests will be conducted together with two local governments and 10 businesses.

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APRIL 30, 2014

megawatt DFC3000 fuel cell power plants from United Illuminating (UI), part of UIL Holdings Corporation. The second installation will be located within the UI service territory at a site to be named in the next 30 days. FuelCell Energy, Inc. has received a contract for two 2.8 The plants are expected to be operational in early 2015.

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JUNE 2, 2016

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and KDDI Corporation (KDDI) are partnering to establish a global communications platform to enable the operation of communications networks throughout the world to support car connectivity. Toyota aims to bring greater connectivity to its vehicles throughout the world.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Toyota Motor Corporation has installed stationary hydrogen fuel cells at the energy management facility at its Honsha Plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture; the fuel cells started operations on 12 September. kW have been installed. The measures are expected to reduce electric power consumption and CO 2 emissions by half.

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APRIL 25, 2017

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation and KDDI Corporation, together with the Tokyo Hire-Taxi Association (THTA), have begun verification testing on data collection for making connected taxis a reality. KDDI will provide SIM cards to be installed in the TransLog drive recorders and provide a high-quality 4G LTE network.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Microchip Technology, a provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions, plans to invest $880 million to expand its silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon (Si) production capacity at its Colorado Springs, Colo. manufacturing facility over the next several years.

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JULY 24, 2012

Convenience and Ease-of-Use: Separate cable bracket and dock included offer versatile installation options and easy cable organization, keeping the plug clean and organized. Wider Installation Options: Now more versatile and works with a greater number of applications, including locations wired for either 208 or 240 voltage.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

Toyota unveiled its next-generation connected vehicle framework at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada, accelerating its initiatives to provide its customers with greater convenience and increased data security. The framework builds on advances in automobile, IT, and communications systems to enhance Toyota vehicles with connected technologies.

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MARCH 31, 2021

—Trevor Rudderham, SVP, product planning, Blue Bird Corporation. This program is in conjunction with iATL, which is based in Alpharetta, Georgia, and is one of the largest connected-vehicle testing facilities in the world, allowing for a wide array of public-private partnerships and technology development.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

DENSO Corporation has jointly developed a home energy management system (HEMS) with Toyota Housing Corporation and Misawa Homes Co., —Koji Kobayashi, executive vice president of DENSO Corporation. DENSO’s HEMS consists of a control unit and a 7-inch touch panel monitor, installed inside the house. DENSO HEMS.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and DENSO Corporation (DENSO) jointly have developed an onboard communications network device, CAN-Gateway ECU (Controller Area Network-Gateway Electronic Control Unit), that can take data gathered while driving and apply it to create a virtual simulation. CAN-Gateway ECU illustration. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 20, 2022

Protons are transported through the solid ceramic membrane while electrons are transported separately through a metallic conductor connected to a power source. A next step in the on-going development program is to install a pilot plant hydrogen generator at Saudi Aramco’s headquarter campus in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

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MAY 15, 2020

But it is difficult to scale EMS and ADMS to interoperate transactions between thousands of homes, let alone the millions of connected devices in use in those homes. An illustration of two connected homes sharing electricity. —Tony Markel, a senior engineer in the Energy Systems Cyber-Physical Security Research Group at NREL.

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JUNE 24, 2014

Toshiba Corporation will supply the battery for the United Kingdom’s first 2MW scale lithium-titanate battery based Energy Storage System (ESS) to support grid management. The company’s 1MWh SCiB battery will be installed in a primary substation in central England in September.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), in collaboration with its customer service IT company, Toyota Media Service Corporation, has developed a tool to support easy home-based charging of the Prius PHV plug-in hybrid vehicle, due for launch next year, and electric vehicles (EVs). Toyota’s H2V units. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

Toyota Motor Corporation will partner with five Japanese power companies—Tohoku Electric Power Co., to offer the new PHV Connected Power Service. This is part of Toyota’s coordination with other industries using the mobility service platform—a core element of its connected strategy. TEPCO Energy Partner, Inc.;

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed an Acceleration Suppression Function that used big data collected from connected cars to help identify abnormal operation of the accelerator and control acceleration. The system can now be installed in 12 models, and 20,300 units have been fitted as of 31 December 2019.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

DENSO Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation will conduct the first test using a quantum computer to process data from a traffic IoT platform. This type of technology will be essential in the connected era, when vehicles and mobility systems need to process large amounts of data in real-time.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The companies have proposed to jointly administer their Chapter 11 cases under the caption In re Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation, dba ECOtality North America, Case No. In connection with the filing, ECOtality and its subsidiaries entered into a Credit and Security Agreement with Nissan North America. 2:13-bk-16126-RJH.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Nuvve Corporation, a San Diego-based vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology company, is participating in a program to deliver resource adequacy to local utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and California’s electrical grid using a large stationary battery located on the University of California San Diego’s (UC San Diego’s) campus microgrid.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Electrolysis company Hydrogenics Corporation has received an order from E.ON Germany is a key energy storage player in Europe thanks to its leading position in terms of installed capacity of fluctuating renewables. for a “Power-to-Gas” project in Germany. —Daryl Wilson, President and CEO of Hydrogenics.

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MARCH 27, 2013

BIOX Corporation (BIOX) will supply biodiesel to Shell Canada Limited via an inter-terminal pipeline. BIOX’s Hamilton biodiesel refinery is located immediately adjacent to the Shell distribution terminal which allows for a pipeline to be installed connecting the two facilities. Costs were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

Wireless Matrix Corporation, a provider of GPS fleet tracking services, introduced the first plug-and-play OBD-II device certified on the Verizon Wireless network to be used for GPS fleet tracking business applications. The Reporter 30 plugs directly into a vehicle’s on-board diagnostic (OBD-II) computer port.

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JULY 11, 2011

—Derek Crabb, Vice President Powertrain Engineering at the Volvo Car Corporation. Technical concept I: Volvo C30 with series-connected range extender. This is based on a C30 Electric with a three-cylinder combustion engine producing 60 hp (45 kW) installed under the rear load compartment floor. Technical concept I.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This includes EV charging community projects, such as installing charge stations within multi-unit housing, hosting community-led demonstrations that address barriers to EV adoption and lowering costs for direct current (DC) fast charging equipment. Eaton Corporation. Eaton Corporation. North Carolina State University.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

DENSO Corporation has developed a Cold Storage (CS) Evaporator, which limits the increase in vehicle cabin temperature during an idle stop when stop/start technology is employed. To accomplish this, DENSO installed a closed case with inner fins and a cold insulation inside. Cross-section of the CS Evaporator. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

Together with electric car manufacturer StreetScooter, Siemens’ Corporate Technology, global research unit equipped a series production vehicle with RACE technology. A modern mid-range car has about 70 control devices installed in it and many meters of cable. The goal is to make this function more easily in the future.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

Kia Motors corporation unveiled its next-generation Separated Sound Zone (SSZ) technology that allows each passenger of a vehicle to experience an audio stream tailored to their individual needs, including music, hands-free phone calls, and vehicle alerts, while maintaining a headphone-free social space where passengers can converse freely.

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