Thirteen major companies join Department of energy charging challenge

The Department of energy announced on May 31 13 large employers in the United States and eight stakeholder groups of the new workplace to help recharge challenge, to expand access to the work place charging stations across the country have joined. The workplace recharge challenge is a collaborative effort, the number of employers in the United States offers workplace recharge tenfold in the next five years. The first 13 employers signed charged workplace promise as partners, including 3 M, the Chrysler Group, Duke Energy, Eli Lilly and company, the Ford Motor Company, General Electric, General Motors, Google, Nissan, the San Diego Gas & electric company, Siemens, Tesla Motors and Verizon. The promise undertakes each partner organization claims charging workers for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) to assess, develop and implement a plan to install workplace charging infrastructure for at least a large construction site.

Eight organizations signed the Ambassador promises to develop and plans to support and promote charge making initiative work including: the California PEV cooperative, CALSTART, the electric drive Transportation Association, the electrification Coalition, international parking Institute, NextEnergy, Plug-In America and Rocky Mountain Institute. The Department of energy will provide technical assistance and a forum for partners and ambassadors, information to share.

The workplace recharge challenge supports Grand Challenge, the wider efforts EV all in March 2012, President Obama of announced PEVs as cheap and convenient for American families as gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years to make. Part of the announcement the Department published the EV everywhere Grand Challenge which describes PEV technology blueprint, and barriers, as well as the steps to move forward, reach the goal EV anywhere deployment. See the DOE press release and the EV everywhere grand challenge blueprint and Web page.

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New quick charging standard released for electric vehicles

Volt could charge cars such as the Chevy faster due to a new standard for fast-charge.
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A newly released technical standard could hybrid to cut loading time for plug ins (PHEV) and electric vehicle (EV) of eight hours as short as 20 minutes. SAE International, a global industry Association announced its long-awaited voluntary standard on a consensus with industry experts and Department of energy national laboratories was developed, approved and published on 15 October.

The standard is the future of the survey technology and smart grid interaction for SAE International. The standard helps reduce the time spent at public charging stations, a consumers and consumers to travel before need to calculate distances in its PHEVs and EVs. Ford Motor Company, which is involved in the development of standards, a statement to praise the standard, because it extends published and is compatible with the existing electric vehicle recharge standard by all automakers in the United States employs. See press release SAE International, a standards summary , and the Ford Motor Company press release.

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Announcing $4 Million for Wireless EV Charging

Imagine being able to charge an electric vehicle—on the go or at home—without ever having to plug in.

A new funding opportunity from the Energy Department seeks to accomplish just that. We're announcing up to $4 million to develop wireless chargers for electric vehicles (EVs). This funding opportunity is made available through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Vehicle Technologies Program.

EV wireless charging has the potential to accelerate the adoption of EVs—by making them more convenient for consumers to charge, whether they’re at home or away, and to reduce the total energy storage requirements of EVs, unlocking the benefits of lighter and smaller battery packs, lighter vehicles, higher efficiency and longer ranges. Read the complete story in the Energy Department's Energy Blog.

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