Sponsored by ITECH The deadline for banning the sale of internal combustion vehicles in various countries throughout the world has been announced one by one, and the completion of net-zero carbon emissions are rapidly approaching. It is critical to reduce reliance on fossil fuels as quickly as possible and promote electrification. As a result, governments… Read more »
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Porsche demonstrates V2G application with five Taycans
One of the hottest trends in the EV world is bidirectional charging, which promises to allow EV batteries to be used to provide services to the electrical grid. Now Porsche has partnered with German grid operator TransnetBW to conduct “a realistic pilot test” to demonstrate that “electrical balancing power can be stored in the high-voltage… Read more »
BYD introduces Type A electric school bus with V2G tech
BYD has introduced a Type A battery-electric school bus that features vehicle-to-grid technology, allowing the vehicle to serve as a power storage resource when it’s not transporting students. Type A school buses are typically used on routes with fewer students, or for transporting students with disabilities. The BYD Type A can seat up to 30,… Read more »
Nuvve to deploy V2G Hub at Blue Bird electric bus factory
V2G specialist Nuvve plans to install up to 200 of its 125 kW V2G-capable dual-dispenser DC fast charging stations at bus-builder Blue Bird’s delivery facility in Fort Valley, Georgia. This V2G hub will allow newly-built e-buses to act as energy storage assets while they wait to be delivered. Nuvve will create the V2G hub in… Read more »
V2G-equipped electric school bus delivers power to grid for 50 hours
Electric school buses are often cited as an ideal use case for vehicle-to-grid technology. Most school buses transport students for only a few hours per day when school is in session, and are parked during the summer months, when demand for electricity is often highest. A number of V2G school bus pilots are underway around… Read more »
BYD and Levo Mobility collaborate to finance and deploy up to 5,000 V2G-equipped EVs
BYD has partnered with Levo Mobility, a joint venture of Nuvve Holding, Stonepeak Partners and Evolve Transition Infrastructure, to integrate Nuvve’s V2G technology with BYD EVs. The companies plan to deploy up to 5,000 V2G-equipped EVs over the next five years. Nuvve’s V2G technology uses bidirectional charging stations to enable EVs to discharge energy from… Read more »
Nuvve and Blue Bird use Fleet-as-a-Service leasing model for V2G-equipped electric school buses
Nuvve Holding (Nasdaq: NVVE), the developer of a proprietary vehicle-to-grid (V2G) platform, and iconic school bus manufacturer Blue Bird (Nasdaq: BLBD) plan to use the financing resources of Levo Mobility to allow customers to lease V2G-enabled electric school buses, charging infrastructure and energy management for a flat monthly fee. Levo Mobility is a joint venture… Read more »
V2G and V2B: What’s currently operational and what’s still years away
Buses, especially school buses, represent a perfect use case for bidirectional charging. When the buses sit idle, they can earn money by providing demand response (DR) services for the local utility. This is one of the services that fleet charging specialist AMPLY Power provides, and as CEO Vic Shao told Charged in a recent interview,… Read more »
Electric utility EDF launches V2G offering for Nissan fleet customers in the UK
Electric utility EDF, in partnership with Nissan, has launched a new commercial charging service using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology in the UK. The V2G technology developed by DREEV, a joint venture between EDF and V2G technology specialist Nuvve, allows bidirectional energy flow in order to recharge an EV’s battery at times of low energy demand and… Read more »
Blue Bird delivers electric school bus equipped with Nuvve V2G tech
Iconic school bus manufacturer Blue Bird has delivered an electric school bus equipped with V2G (vehicle-to-grid) technology from Nuvve, one of two Blue Bird Type C electric buses delivered to two school districts in Illinois. The e-buses are powered by the Cummins PowerDrive EV system. Nuvve’s V2G platform allows the bus batteries to store energy,… Read more »