Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2012. Show all posts

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Energy Management with SMA Smart Home

An older video from SMA at InterSolar Europe in 2012, but quite instructive on their vision of Solar Energy use at home, and already talking about their idea of Lithium-ion Battery embedded in a Grid Tie Inverter ....



Interview with Andreas Umland, Director Strategic Product Management, about SMA Smart Home at the Intersolar Europe 2012.













Thursday, October 18, 2012

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Bollore's BlueCar will be available through a Lease Plan at 2012 Paris Motor Show

The Bollore group is quite famous now with its Autolib car sharing program in Paris


I remember pre-ordering the BlueCar 3 years ago after seeing this beautiful Pininfarina designed concept car at Paris Cityhall EV show in september 2009, along with the Heuliez Friendly, but ever since no news really from the company ...



I saw them at the 2010 Paris Motor Show though



Today, I just received this invitation from them to have a private presentationof  the BlueCar at the 2012 Paris Motor Show in 3 weeks


Their commercial offer has been set: it will be a 20 months lease plan, renewable, with a 3 mandatory months initial period

Just called them and I could choose ant slot I wanted, even the the busiest first saturday (29th sept) at 4pm for a personal presentation of the car and requested a free invitation for the Auto Show ;-) ...



Let's hope that this version of the BlueCar will be more confortable than the Autolib version ...

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Mitsubishi was 2nd at Pikes Peak

Following with the Pikes Peak Hill Climb event, Mitsubishi arrived 2nd in the Electric Vehicle category with its i-MiEV Evolution, a race car based on i-MiEVcomponents but with a radically different chassis (a bit like the Nismo NISMO RC based on LEAF components)






Famous Japanese race car driver Hiroshi Masuoka was behind the wheel and did a very good race, after a scary accident during practice





After rebuilding the the car for the race and skipping the other days of training, the talented driver did very well with the car !


Video




Also in the race, Beccy Gordon was driving a stock i-MiEV (with a mandatory roller cage added) and finished 126th



With a big smile on her face :-)






Monday, August 20, 2012

Charged 2012 Silicon Valley is coming this week






Charged 2012 Silicon Valley is coming this week. Here's the preliminary agenda:

http://chargedsv.org

Charged: EV Symposium is a two-day conference that will take place on Thursday, August 23 – Friday, August 24, 2012 taking place at SAP Labs in Palo Alto


Panels
1. Study Abroad: World Lessons Learned
2. Workplace Charging: Filling a Critical Infrastructure Gap
3. Smart EV Parking & Charging
4. Electric Vehicles in Fleets
5. Evolving Charging
6. Connected Cars
7. Killer In-Car Apps
8. Emerging Business Models for Transportation & Mobility
9. Energy for EVs (incl. smart grid, renewable, storage, pricing)
10. Garage Orphans & Multiple Unit Dwellings
(leased commercial space covered in panel #2 or #10)

Keynote/Plenary Sessions

Topics:
o The automakers are embracing EVs. Hear directly about the market and their strategy for reaching a broad audience. Timeslot: TBD

o The data: now that we have real experiences to cite, where are EVs going & what does it really cost? (potential speakers on data from ARRA-funded projects & EPRI cost study) Timeslot: TBD

o U.S. Landscape: Connecting the Dots. Regional, state and federal actors are all in the game, but don't always connect. Find out what's going on at all levels and cross-pollinate ideas. Timeslot: TBD

o State Policies & Incentives (tentative plenary session with Mayor Reed, State legislators, CPUC, ARB &/or Governor's Office). Includes implementation of Governor Brown's EV Executive Order & financial/other (ie. HOV lane) incentives at the State, Regional and Local levels. Timeslot: Opening Keynote OR 8/24 AM Plenary

o Ray Lane, Kleiner Perkins, in conversation with Carl Guardino. The EV industry must move "from early adopter to fast follower." What will it take to accomplish this transition and bring the market to scale? Timeslot: Capstone Address (8/24, lunch)

Networking Reception
Ride-and-Drive/Display Opportunities
EV Readiness Awards (Community, Business, Development)
Exhibitors

Thursday, July 5, 2012

REFUEL 2012 - EVs hit the track !


The fasted car this year is still the Kleenspeed EV-X11


Looks like this event at Laguna Seca Raceway was a lot of fun, and many EV enthousiasts hit the track with their personal Electric Car: Tesla S, Tesla Roadster, Nissan LEAF, BMW ActiveE, Mini E,...



SFBay LEAF Club Photo Album: http://bit.ly/KOIWCR



The Fastest LEAF at Laguna Seca belongs to Nader Assemi






Many LEAF attended the event

SFBay LEAF Club was there

Nissan offred free DC Fast Charging with CHAdeMO charger on site:







Other LEAF on-board videos








Refuel 2012 BMW ActiveE Laguna Seca Final Session


See also this great article about this event on AutoBlogGreen

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