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V2G company Nuvve participating in California’s wholesale energy markets to help balance the grid

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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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Thomas Built Buses has delivered 200 Proterra-Powered electric school buses

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This will be the sixth delivery of 13 electric school buses ordered by the district from Kerlin Bus Sales, a full-service TBB dealer in Indiana. Jouley can charge in approximately three hours and can supply power back to the power grid using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

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ŠKODA collaborates with IBG ?esko on second-life battery energy storage system; up to 328 kWh

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The system allows electric vehicles to be charged quickly and flexibly, and dealers can also use the stored electricity for the lighting and air-conditioning in their showrooms and workshops. Following a successful pilot project in Prague, the energy storage units are now available to ŠKODA contract dealers.

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Thomas Built Buses delivers 50th Proterra Powered electric school bus

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Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a leading manufacturer of school buses in North America; its exclusive Virginia dealer, Sonny Merryman Inc.; The bus will further participate in a V2G strategy deployed by Highland Electric Transportation and utility provider, National Grid.

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Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid Gains Type Approval from Japanese Government; To Dealers in the Autumn for Testing

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Average fuel consumption, calculated by combining fuel consumption during operation on electric power from grid charge and fuel consumption during hybrid operation after depletion of the battery pack is 37.6 Grid charge time for the battery is approximately 1.5 km/L on the JC08 cycle (88.4 mpg US, or 2.7 hours @ 100V and 1h at 200V.

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Honda Dealer In NJ Is First In U.S. To Use No Net Electricity

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car dealer to have become "Electric-Grid Neutral," meaning it uses no net electricity from its local utility. To unplug itself from the grid, Rossi Honda installed solar panels in 2012.' There are many green cars on the road, but how eco-friendly are the dealerships that sell them?

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Lightning eMotors strategic agreement with shuttle bus maker Forest River; up to 7,500 electric Class 4 and 5 buses from 2021-2025

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Forest River’s sales volumes allow us to provide a price point to their dealers and customers that results in a very compelling ROI. Available configurations will have between 12 and 33 passenger seats with ADA options available, and bus lengths of 20 to 34 feet.

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