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IBM and EKZ partner to make plug-in charging more convenient with new smartphone application

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IBM Research has teamed with EKZ, the electricity utility provider of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland, on a new pilot project that will allow consumers conveniently to charge electric vehicles and monitor their energy costs, using mobile devices. —Dieter Gantenbein, leader of the Smart Grid research project at IBM Research – Zurich.

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American and European Standards organizations agree to strengthen transatlantic cooperation on standards for electric vehicles

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There will always be some slight differences in coupler configurations as a result of specific regional electric grid requirements, the group said. There will always be some slight differences in coupler configurations as a result of specific regional electric grid requirements, the group said. Vehicle-to-grid communications.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. Can I get from Pittsburgh to New York's Hudson Valley—a trip I make a dozen times a year?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. Can I get from Pittsburgh to New York's Hudson Valley—a trip I make a dozen times a year?

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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Underneath the e-fuels banner, Audi also includes renewable electricity for recharging its e-tron vehicles (“e-power”) and, should the market so require it, “green” hydrogen (e-hydrogen, derived in the e-gas process). Now we imagine the maximum scenario: e-tron plug-in hybrid drive under the hood and e-fuel in the tank.

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Solartaxi visits AeroVironment

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They also help to ensure the vehicle can keep traveling even in remote sections of the world should they fail to find a plug for recharging. The other 50% of the electricity required for the journey is obtained by plugging into the electrical grid en route. Stefano readies for a Solartaxi test drive.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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Heinz-Jakob Neußer, of the Volkswagen Brand and Stephan Grühsem of Volkswagen AG present the new Volkswagen eGolf and the new e-up! in Frankfurt. Click to enlarge. Volkswagen marked its serious entry into the battery-electric vehicle market with the introduction in Frankfurt of its first two series production EVs: the e-up! and the e-Golf.