Volkswagen Wants You to Use Your Electric Car to Help the Power Grid: Is It Worth It?
21 Jun 2022, 18:06 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Elli and Mitnetz Strom are developing a pilot program to evaluate the incentives EV owners should have, but the battery pack lifespan is a critical aspect.
Utrecht Wants to Be the Largest City Getting Electricity from EVs
10 Dec 2021, 12:45 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Using electric cars only for moving around would be a mistake with their potential to feed the grid and power more than only the wheels
GM and OnStar to Launch First Real-world Smart Grid Pilot
19 Jul 2011, 16:12 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American auto giant General Motors announced today that, together with OnStar, will launch the first real-world pilot of smart grid solutions for electric vehicles this year. Employees of regional u...
IEEE, SAE to Develop Smart Grid Standards
28 Apr 2011, 07:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Without any actual worldwide approved and endorsed full list of standards currently governing the electric vehicle industry and its mandatory charging infrastructure, more and more groups and organi...
Smart Grid Infrastructure Key Standards Approved
20 Jan 2011, 09:23 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / A new step was taken in the development of the Smart Grid, the infrastructure needed to recharge hybrid and electric vehicles. The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Governing Board recently a...
New South Wales to Start Smart Grid Testing
15 Jun 2010, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The government of New South Wales announced this week the start of a AU$100 million "smart grid" testing and demonstration, with 20 electric vehicles to put the network through its paces. ...
Quantum Chosen to Supply USPS Electric Vehicle
1 Feb 2010, 16:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide (QTWW) announced that it has been selected by the US Postal Service (USPS) to supply an electric vehicle which will be used as a postal delivery vehicle. ...
Californian Authorities Introduce Electric Vehicles Test Program
28 Jan 2010, 08:11 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Gridpoint, Inc., an energy solutions provider, announced that the California Department of General Services (DGS) will introduce a 24 month plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demonstration proje...
Honda Introduces New Solar Hydrogen Station Prototype
27 Jan 2010, 14:53 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Honda introduced today a new generation of solar hydrogen station prototype at the Los Angeles Center of Honda R&D America, destined to become a home refueling appliance which would offer an ove...
EnerDel to Set Up Residential Smart Grid
20 Jan 2010, 10:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After back in December Japanese trading giant ITOCHU announced an investment of $20 million in battery manufacturer Ener1, the latter and its subsidiary, EnerDel, announced plans to create an advanc...