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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant program, a way for Powerwall owners to make money selling energy to the grid in times of need, is rolling out to San Diego Gas & Electric utility customers now. more… The post Tesla rolls out Virtual Power Plant to SDG&E customers in San Diego appeared first on Electrek.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Port of San Diego has received a pair of 400 tonne (440 ton) electric Konecranes. The port now boasts the highest lifting capacity of any crane system on the West Coast with a dramatic upgrade from the 100 tonne lifting capacity of the diesel cranes they replace!

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APRIL 24, 2023

30% of the Q1 ZEV sales were in Los Angeles County (36,670 units), followed by Orange County (15,289 units, 12% ); Santa Clara county (11,428 units, 9%); San Diego county (10,833 units, 8.7%); and Alameda county (8,198 units, 6.6%). Those 5 counties thus account for 66.4% of the total light-duty ZEV sales in the state in Q1.

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APRIL 12, 2024

The first production body of its flagship vehicle has made its way over from Italy to Aptera’s headquarters in San Diego, enabling the team to finalize its design ahead of production-intent builds. Aptera Motors is touting its latest milestone en route to solar EV production later this year.

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MARCH 6, 2024

The Port of San Diego has put the first commercially available, large-capacity, electric forklift made in the US into service.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

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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AUGUST 26, 2022

Following a competitive grant solicitation, the California Air Resources Board has chosen San Diego-based nonprofit organization Pedal Ahead as the administrator to implement California’s statewide Electric Bicycle Incentive Project. The equity-focused program is expected to launch officially in the first quarter of 2023.

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JANUARY 22, 2023

With San Diego and Alameda counties for the top 5, the total is 219,257, or 63.4% In terms of actual sales, three California counties—Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Clara—account for almost 50% of the state’s new ZEV sales: 169,869 units out of 345,818. of the total.

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MAY 5, 2023

will make a demonstration run on the West Coast in preparation for a cross-country demonstration run from San Diego, California, to Jacksonville, Florida in August. The interior of the truck has been updated to make it comfortable for the driver on the road and inviting for passengers along for the ride. Shell Starship 3.0

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Engine and aftertreatment system development and performance assessments were conducted at the Achates Power facility in San Diego and the Aramco Research Center-Detroit. Achates Power’s innovative 3-cylinder, 10.6L Rendering of the 10.6-liter liter engine. The three cylinders are in-line, with the opposed pistons moving vertically.

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MAY 7, 2021

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) recommends expanding fast-charging stations for electric vehicles as campuses and businesses start planning for a post-pandemic world. Energy dispatched at Level 2 chargers on the main UC San Diego campus decreased by 84%.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Toyota Motor North America and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) have agreed to collaborate on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles using a Toyota bZ4X.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

has entered a multi-year partnership with the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and its battery validation lab to analyze viable business and technical approaches revto reuse and repurpose electric vehicle batteries effectively. Cummins Inc. —Julie Furber, Vice President – Electrified Power, Cummins.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

per gallon currently in the San Diego region, and EV charging rates (SDG&E) ranging from $0.09/kWh Annual fuel cost estimates are based on combined city/highway fuel economy, 15,000 annual miles, and the following fuel prices: $2.55 regular gasoline; $3.00 premium gasoline; $2.85 diesel; and $0.13 electricity per kilowatt-hour.

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JUNE 25, 2020

By end of summer, EV drivers will be able to travel across the southern portion of the US—from Jacksonville to San Diego—on interstate highways starting near I-10 and finishing along I-8.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Electrify America is the nation’s largest open DC fast charging network with more than 650 charging stations and more than 2,700 DC fast chargers, including two cross-country routes that can allow electric vehicle (EV) drivers to travel from Washington DgC to Los Angeles and Jacksonville to San Diego. The 2021 ID.4 Rear-wheel-drive ID.4

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APRIL 19, 2020

Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego and their colleagues have designed 3D-printed, coral-inspired structures capable of growing dense populations of microscopic algae. —lead author Daniel Wangpraseurt.

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JULY 24, 2022

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Shirley Meng, a nanoengineering professor at UC San Diego. Schuller at UC San Diego, which is supported in part by the Office of Basic Energy Science, US Department of Energy. The cells still fail because a lot of inactive lithium is forming in these batteries. —Professor Meng.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

million to a team led by the University of California San Diego for battery research in advanced vehicle technologies. Shirley Meng, a professor of nanoengineering and the director of the Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego, is the lead investigator on the project. The US Department of Energy awarded $2.5

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As the largest green hydrogen production facility on the west coast, the plant will produce 30 metric tons of liquid green hydrogen daily, serving customers from San Diego to Vancouver. The facility will use a new 300 megawatt zero-carbon solar farm to power 120 megawatts of Plug Power’s state-of-the-art PEM electrolyzers.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Electrify America is sourcing the chargers from Envision Solar, a San Diego-based sustainable technology company. The investment will expand access to sustainable EV charging to drivers in rural areas, including the Central, Coachella, and Imperial Valleys. Each standalone station is equipped with a 4.28-kilowatt

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AUGUST 5, 2020

On the heels of the C-V2X direct communications program launch last week in San Diego, Qualcomm announced the launch of a new C-V2X pilot program in Honolulu. Applied Information will exclusively implement C-V2X technologies developed by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.,

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OCTOBER 18, 2020

University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA) - Production of high-performance biodegradable polyurethane products made from algae precursors – DOE Funding: $2,000,000. Partners include 3M, Archer Daniels Midland, and Diageo. Partners include Algenesis, BASF, Pepsi, Reef, and University of California – Davis.

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APRIL 18, 2019

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have improved their recycling process that regenerates degraded cathodes from spent lithium-ion batteries. Zheng Chen, a professor of nanoengineering who is affiliated with the Sustainable Power and Energy Center at UC San Diego, led the project. 2019) “Ambient?Pressure

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

All thirty EV ARC charging stations were sourced from Beam Global (formerly Envision Solar), the San-Diego based clean tech company that manufactures the durable EV ARC infrastructure products in California. Ten solar-powered charging stations were deployed in coordination with the Fresno County Rural Transit Agency.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The rule requires container, passenger and refrigerated cargo ships to reduce emissions while docked at California’s busiest ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Hueneme, San Francisco and San Diego. CARB’s investigation revealed that from 2017 to 2018, Mitsui O.S.K.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Expanding a network of community air-quality monitors operated by Casa Familiar in San Ysidro, one of 28 community-based organizations and tribes statewide receiving grants to engage residents in efforts to reduce local air pollution. Planting more than 3.6 million trees over time through urban greening and other forest health programs.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal batteries from rapidly heating up and catching fire in case of an internal short circuit. The researchers, led by UC San Diego nanoengineering professor Ping Liu and his Ph.D. 201906836.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Engineers at the University of California San Diego and the University of California Los Angeles have developed an energy-efficient approach to regenerate Li-ion battery cathode materials (using LiCoO 2 as a model material) by hydrothermal treatment of cycled electrode particles followed by short annealing.

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MARCH 30, 2021

California Assemblymembers Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to phase out the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines (SORE), which are primarily used in lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and other outdoor power equipment.

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JULY 18, 2022

Located in Santa Monica, San Mateo, San Diego, Commerce, Berkeley, and Corte Madera, the stores are the first of 30 Vinfast plans to open in California, the Vietnamese. Vinfast on Thursday opened its first United States retail stores in California, and announced $1.2

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego, with their colleagues at other institutions, have developed a new anode material that enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles. Haodong Liu said the UC San Diego team decided to test the material as an anode based on a hunch.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Maven Gig drivers have taken trips from San Francisco to Portland (~635 miles) and from San Diego to Los Angeles (~120 miles). Vehicle reservations are now available in Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

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MARCH 11, 2020

With the addition of Xcelsior CHARGE buses to its fleet, LTD joins other West Coast cities leading the transition to zero-emission mobility with New Flyer, including Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Coachella Valley, Oakland, San Francisco, Orange County, and Victor Valley.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

UC San Diego. . $4,531,642. Development and Scaling Up of the Purification and Regeneration Integrated Materials Engineering (PRIME) Process for Cathodes Direct Recycling and Upcycling. 10,000,000. Adaptive Second-Use Battery Utilization with Different Degradation Levels for EV Charging Stations and Power Grid Support and Resiliency.

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MARCH 3, 2019

A researcher at the University of San Diego has used energy meter-level data from the San Diego region to analyze the energy load profiles of residential customers under the time-of-use (TOU) rate with and without EV charging requirements. Kim (2019). —Kim (2019).

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