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ORNL demos 20 kW bi-directional wireless charging on UPS PHEV truck; 11" air gap, >92% efficiency

Green Car Congress

The system transferred electricity from the power grid to the vehicle battery terminals at more than 92% efficiency. Doing so would give energy flexibility to a fleet owner’s business, and help better manage on-site generation such as solar power. ORNL’s bidirectional technology is fully compliant with grid power quality standards.

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Honda and Ford separately launching smart home demos

Green Car Congress

will create the Honda Smart Home US, a showcase that demonstrates Honda’s vision for sustainable, zero-carbon living and personal mobility, including the use of solar power to charge a Honda Fit EV battery electric vehicle. Among the technologies that will be applied to the Honda Smart Home US: Solar Power System. Earlier post.).

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

Charged EVs

Erika Myers: CharIN’s MCS Task Force initially defined the specification to support the next generation of on- and off-road DC fast charging up to 4.5 We saw many demo models of MCS vehicles and chargers at the 2024 ACT Expo in May—especially among Class 7 and 8 trucks and charging depots servicing these vehicles.

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

Baua Electric

Erika Myers: CharIN’s MCS Task Force initially defined the specification to support the next generation of on- and off-road DC fast charging up to 4.5 We saw many demo models of MCS vehicles and chargers at the 2024 ACT Expo in May—especially among Class 7 and 8 trucks and charging depots servicing these vehicles.

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Electric Vehicle Project Ideas | Ph.D., MTech, MSc | Electrical, Management, Mechanical & More…

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Vehicle to Grid is a really interesting area to do projects. The idea here is that you can connect your EV to the power grid and flow power from your EV to the Grid. An electric car acts as a load or micro-generating station for the grid. Advantages of V2G in grid perspective 2. Battery manufacturing etc.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions. I used my solar-panel-powered Level 2 (240V) home charger, but if you’re on the road and want to top off quickly, DC fast charging at 150 kilowatts takes about 40 minutes to get you to 80 percent.

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GM demos its new Energy products by running a mansion off a Silverado EV

Baua Electric

GM says it is working to reduce the amount of time the switchover from grid to car power takes, but that it will inevitably be slower than home battery solutions (which can respond in only a couple seconds, or even less than a second) because those stay continually energized, whereas the car requires more communication and a wake-up process.