Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2020

To charge several vehicles at the same time, the mobile robot moves a mobile energy storage unit to the vehicle, connects it, and then uses this energy storage unit to charge the vehicle and repeats the process to charge other vehicles. —Thomas Schmall.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Developing lithium from the Salton Sea in California can help anchor a multi-billion dollar domestic electric vehicle battery supply chain and inject thousands of jobs and billions of dollars into California’s economically disadvantaged Imperial Valley, according to a new report from New Energy Nexus.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2022

Researchers at Cornell have developed a coupled transportation–power system framework for incorporating a wireless charging road system into the real-time electricity market. In addition, they propose an optimization-based control strategy to manage the energy storage system in a cost-efficient manner. Jie Shi, H.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Rising global demand for electric vehicles and economic energy storage systems has led to projections showing an orders-of-magnitude increase in demand for lithium. Preliminary research has shown that lithium ions transport through the metal organic framework nanoparticles at “unprecedented” rates. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Austin, Texas-based energy research organization Pecan Street Inc. launched Texas’ first grid-tied vehicle-to-grid (V2G) testing center at its lab in Austin, turning electric vehicles into a dispatchable load shaving tool for the municipally-owned electric utility, Austin Energy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

Sysco Corporation, the world’s largest food distributor, unveiled its vision for the Riverside Electric Vehicle Hub, which will transform the company’s distribution center into the focal point of its electrified fleet. and add 2,800 electric trucks to its US fleet by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2021

MAN Truck & Bus and Sono Motors have signed a Letter of Intent to investigate the technical and economic feasibility of integrating Sono Solar technology into MAN’s eTGE electric transporter. Sono Motors is developing its own electric car that is suitable for daily use, with integrated solar cells and innovative mobility services.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

Octillion Power Systems, a provider of advanced lithium-ion storage systems for electric mobility, announced it has reached two milestones: 100,000 electric vehicles worldwide powered by its batteries and 2 billion kilometers driven. —Paul Beach, president, Octillion Power Systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A new white paper published by the Argonne National Laboratory Collaborative Center for Energy Storage Science (ACCESS) outlines a clear set of battery requirements and research and development needs to accelerate the commercialization of electric propulsion for aviation—from air taxis in the near term to 737 class aircraft in the long term.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

This initiative builds on BNSF’s existing investments in sustainable technologies including idle control, electric wide-span cranes, battery-electric hostlers, automated gates at its intermodal facilities, and Tier 4 locomotives. This technology works in a manner very similar to how electric vehicles use regenerative braking.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

In Michigan, Ann Arbor and Roseville public schools have selected the Thomas Built Buses Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus powered by Proterra electric vehicle technology ( earlier post ) and the Proterra 60kW charging system for a five-year pilot program, in partnership with DTE Energy and Hoekstra Transportation.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

The company announced that production of the enhanced Volvo VNR Electric model will begin in Q2 2022 and features an up to 85% increased range, faster charging, and even more configurations for heavy-duty transport. Regenerative braking energy is captured and fed back into the system to maximize energy efficiency and driving range.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

SAFE and the Electrification Coalition (EC) released a report highlighting policy opportunities to accelerate the adoption of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. The transition to transportation electrification reduces dependency on oil and improves energy and national security. But policymakers must act now.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 26, 2024

Sunrun and Ford are running a potentially game-changing first of its kind vehicle-to-home energy storage experiment this summer, leveraging the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. The post Ford F-150 Lightning Is A Rolling Energy Storage Beast, & Sunrun Is Here For It appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Department of Energy (DOE) announced $125 million in funding for two Energy Innovation Hub teams to provide the scientific foundation needed to seed and accelerate next. continued] The post $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Generation Batteries & Energy Storage appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

In 2019, Daimler Truck AG and CATL entered into a global lithium-ion battery cell modules supply agreement for electric series trucks including the Mercedes-Benz eActros, the Freightliner eCascadia and eM2.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

The truck manufacturers that operate in Brazil are ‘locked in’ to diesel, and FNM thinks differently, with a real ambition for electric vehicles, breaking barriers, changing the rules, and delivering clean, safe, silent connected logistics, signifying our client’s real green economy.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) will install an innovative clean energy microgrid and EV fleet charging system with Proterra and Scale Microgrid Solutions to help power the agency’s transition to a 100% zero-emission bus fleet, following a grant that was awarded for the project by the California Energy Commission this week.

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APRIL 22, 2020

With its bi-directional design, the system also supports use of the vehicle’s batteries for energy storage. Doing so would give energy flexibility to a fleet owner’s business, and help better manage on-site generation such as solar power.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 11, 2024

GM Energy is expanding its portfolio with the launch of the GM Energy PowerBank, a stationary storage product that gives EV owners the power to store and transfer energy from the grid, and the option of integrating with solar power equipment. The General Motors unit has also expanded access to.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

A new report sponsored by ABB Robotics and authored by the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media auggests that concerns over EV battery supply to meet the escalation in demand poses serious risk to the growth of market share of electric vehicles, despite plans for 80 new global battery gigafactories.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel? Nickel is no exception.

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JUNE 27, 2020

In correspondence with the traditional color scheme for school transport, the electric school bus will be orange. Notice boards informing about the transport of children will be placed on the front and rear panels of the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2020

Up until now, Solaris offered only city buses; the 15-meter version of the Urbino will also meet requirements of inter-city transport. The Urbino 15 LE bus will be certified and offered with specs characteristic for class I vehicles—as a city bus—and for class II vehicles—as a bus for inter-city transport.

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Funded through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, this funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0002197 ) supports projects in advanced batteries and electrification in support of the recently announced DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge ( earlier post ). Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (up to $13.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2020

They promote competitive sustainability and are necessary for green transport, clean energy and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. From 1 July 2024, only rechargeable industrial and electric vehicles batteries for which a carbon footprint declaration has been established, can be placed on the market.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $73.9 million in funding for 10 projects to advance technologies and processes for electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling and reuse. MW-Scale Swappable and Reusable Second-Use EV Battery Energy Storage Unit for Maximum Cost-Effectiveness. Element Energy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $30 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0003162 ) to develop next-generation, high-energy storage solutions to help accelerate the electrification of the aviation, railroad, and maritime transportation sectors. Batteries and fuel cells represent potential solutions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The awardees went through a rigorous process including a review with CalSEED’s curated technical advisory committee, who volunteered their time and expertise to select the most promising future clean energy technologies. This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

continued] The post Smartville’s New Mana Power System Makes It Easy To Use EV Batteries For Home Energy Storage appeared first on CleanTechnica. Hidden in their booth in an unassuming gray box was perhaps the most exciting piece of tech we saw at the.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

TAE Power Solutions intends to deliver a novel technology to improve fundamentally the reliability, efficiency, longevity, and affordability of electric-powered products, from vehicles to renewable energy storage.

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MAY 5, 2022

Additionally, Natron’s sodium-ion batteries do not experience thermal runaway, making them safe for transport and disposal without the risk of fire. Future applications may also include electric vehicles and grid energy storage.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

GM Energy's new PowerBank home energy storage system offers prospective electric vehicle buyers another good reason to buy an EV today, not tomorrow. The post GM Offers Another Reason To Buy An Electric Vehicle, Just In Time For The Next Power Outage appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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APRIL 21, 2022

million off a $5 million valuation, is developing a clean transport ecosystem with its fleet of electric scooters, bikes, mopeds and e-bikes. MOBI, which closed the largest seed round for a startup in Bolivia at $1.38

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6-million grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging systems in the United States that will be powered by a solar and storage microgrid. LADOT will deploy 1.5

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JANUARY 23, 2022

Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology services provider, recently raised $40 million to accelerate the company’s growth with investment from new partners, including funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle and Verizon Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Solaris won a tender held by public transport operator Miejskie Przedsi?biorstwo biorstwo Komunikacyjne (MPK) in Cracow for the delivery of electric buses. At the end of October the carrier signed a contract with the manufacturer for the delivery of 18 articulated electric vehicles.

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