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The US Department of Energy (DOE), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America have launched a collaborative research effort on integrating plug-in electricvehicles into the powergrid.
Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a leading manufacturer of school buses in North America and subsidiary of Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), announced the delivery of TBB’s 200 th Proterra Powered Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus to Monroe County Public Schools in Indiana.
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signed an agreement to collaborate on advanced energy technologies, starting with the evaluation and testing of second-life applications for electricvehicle batteries. Duke Energy and Tokyo-based ITOCHU Corp. Initial testing will occur in Duke Energy’s Indiana service territory.
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The energy supply system from Siemens used in the project makes it possible to test the limits of the fast charging capability of vehicle batteries. It can already work with higher voltages of up to 920 volts, as expected in future electricvehicles. 450 kW, the second gives up to 175 kW.
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