{"id":77246,"date":"2015-06-18T20:57:17","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T00:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T21:50:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T01:50:45","slug":"run-your-dc-with-a-chevy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/run-your-dc-with-a-chevy\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Your DC with a Chevy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RunGeneral Motors<\/a><\/strong> (GM<\/a>) is using Chevy Volt<\/a> batteries<\/strong> to power a data center. MLive<\/a><\/em> reports<\/a> that expired lithium-ion batteries<\/a> retrieved from Chevrolet <\/a>Volt’s help power the General Motors Enterprise Data Center<\/a><\/strong> at the Milford Proving Grounds<\/a>\u00a0in Milford, MI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"GM<\/a>GM recently announced that five batteries from first-generation Volts are working in parallel with a 74-kilowatt solar array and two 2-kilowatt wind turbines to green up the data center. The batteries have the capacity to provide backup power for four hours<\/strong> in the event of an outage, GM said. According to the article, the set-up has given the Enterprise Data Center a net-zero energy use<\/strong> on an annual basis, and extra power will be sent back to the grid used by the Milford Proving Ground.<\/p>\n

First-gen Chevy Volts still have a lot of juice<\/h3>\n

As it readies to sell its all-new, second-generation Volt, GM said first-gen cars still have a lot of leftover juice in their battery packs<\/strong> for stationary use. Pablo Valencia, GM’s senior manager of battery life cycle management, said in a presser<\/a> that the batteries still have value after they come out of the car.<\/p>\n

\"ChevyEven after the battery has reached the end of its useful life in a Chevrolet Volt, up to 80 percent of its storage capacity remains \u2026 This secondary use application extends its life, while delivering waste reduction and economic benefits on an industrial scale.<\/em><\/p>\n

The first-generation plug-in hybrid<\/strong> Volt went on sale in 2010 for the 2011 model year. It uses battery power to get an electric range of about 35-38 miles, before switching to gasoline.<\/p>\n

\"Battery<\/a>The 2016 Volt, unveiled last January in Detroit<\/a>, will have about a 31% greater electric range than its predecessor. The second-gen Volt has about a 50-mile, all-electric range, and a total driving range of about 400 miles when combined with a gasoline engine.<\/p>\n

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\n According to the Detroit News<\/a>, GM is working with unidentified partners to validate and test systems for other commercial and non-commercial uses.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

E<\/a><\/em>lon Musk<\/a>‘s\u00a0Tesla<\/a> (TSLA<\/a>) is also leveraging its car-based battery systems to develop a line of storage batteries designed for homes and SMB\u2019s called Powerwall<\/a>. Powerwall is designed to store electricity for home use, to be used during peak consumption times when utilities charge the most. The device comes in several colors including white, charcoal, red, and blue. There are two options — a 7-kilowatt-hour package using nickel-manganese-cobalt batteries<\/a> and a 10 kilowatt-hour unit with a nickel-cobalt-<\/a>aluminum battery<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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