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Renault’s bidirectional charger to drive 30% uptick in energy efficiency

Smart Energy International

The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and Renault Group have jointly developed an on-board bidirectional EV charger, which reduces energy loss by 30%. With bidirectional charging, the vehicle serves the electrical network and enables the end consumer to reduce energy costs.”

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New 3-phase High-Voltage Breakout Module for electrical power analysis of vehicle powertrains

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CSM Gmbh, the industry leader of innovative measurement and data technology for 38 years, announces the newest product to its suite of measurement modules for the development of electric vehicles. When combined with Vector Informatik’s eMobility Analyzer, real-time power analysis can be performed in the test bench and test vehicle.

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Squeezing valuable drops out of smart water innovation

Smart Energy International

A $4m project is attempting to deliver groundbreaking smart water metering solutions that cater for utilities in terms of readability, battery lifetime, interoperability and cost. Jonathan Spencer Jones reports. from Italy.

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Solplanet shines with PV innovations at Intersolar Europe

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Solplanet's product portfolio includes single-phase and three-phase inverters as well as system technology for connecting and monitoring small- and large-scale installations.

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Testing conformance and interoperability of EVs and charging infrastructure

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Join this session next week at our Spring Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by Keysight Technologies, where we will focus on the test of Combined Charging System (CCS) high-power chargers and vehicles. The same principles are also applicable for the Chinese charging standard GB/T, Japanese CHAdeMO, and ChaoJi-1/-2.

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Build Back Better: Top green consultancies beef up post-coronavirus services

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The firm also published research showing that while 56 per cent of businesses increased their focus on cutting carbon emissions in 2019, a third said cost is still more important than carbon when it comes to energy purchasing decisions.

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Protecting critical onboard charging circuits in next-generation EVs

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Incorporating robust circuit protection in electric vehicles ensures reliability and safety By Jim Colby, Littelfuse, Inc. Designing circuits for the next generation of automotive innovations is extremely challenging. An overview of the major circuits of an electric vehicle is illustrated in Figure 1, above.