GM and Honda publish specs for decentralized electric car charging network
A Honda and GM-led working group has unveiled a global standard for using distributed ledger technology to create decentralized electric vehicle charging networks. The Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) has launched a global standard for integrating blockchain technology into a decentralized vehicle charging network.The storage of excess energy generated by wind or solar is a big problem for the renewable energy industry as batteries are very expensive. But electric vehicles already have significant storage capacity so there's been a lot of work around plugging them into....
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Daymak, a Canada-based electric vehicle company, has announced the Daymak Spiritus, an electric car that will be able to mine cryptocurrencies. According to the specs, it will also feature solar charging to lessen the load on the battery while driving. The company, which has only offered the car for 60 days, claims to have managed to get more than 350 million dollars in pre-orders. Daymak to Launch Crypto Mining Electric Car Daymak, a Toronto-based electric car company, has announced the launch of its new product, the Daymak Spiritus, a car that will feature cryptocurrency mining.....
A bi-directional charging scenario allows vehicle owners to sell excess power back to office buildings at a profit. A three-year pilot scheme for an innovative blockchain-based electric vehicle, or EV, charging platform has received $1 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada, a department of the country's government.The scheme promises to reduce the cost of EV charging transactions and enhance power grid efficiency, according to an article on the independent Electric Autonomy Canada platform.The pilot will take place at two multi-tenanted office buildings in downtown Toronto, and....
Not only can you buy an electric vehicle with bitcoin, but you can also charge one with the distributed virtual currency. Newport Beach Lamborghini has taken bitcoin as payment for a Tesla Model S sedan. It also plans to continue accepting it for payment for its stock of performance vehicles. And electric vehicle (EV) owners can now recharge their car's battery using a Miami station that will only take BTC. "We have a Tesla Model S and charging station purchased from bitcoin investments and only accept bitcoin," said Michael Sholl, a network security engineer by trade and the owner of the....
Canadian light electric vehicle manufacturer Daymak has announced an electric car that can mine Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies while parked. Canadian light electric vehicle manufacturer Daymak has announced an upcoming electric car that can mine Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Doge — when it’s charging or parked.According to the firm’s June 1 announcement, The “Spiritus” electric car is set to roll out in 2023 and will come fitted with “an industry-leading GPU in mining price-to-profit.” However, details are sparse on what the specific capabilities of the mining hardware are.“Daymak Spiritus....
Over the next three years, 50,000 EV charging stations across Europe will start accepting crypto payments. Two payments firms have partnered to roll out crypto payments across 50,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Europe. The partnership is between Irish e-commerce and mobile payment solutions firm HIPS Payment Group Ltd and Vourity, a Swedish firm that specializes in unattended payment facilities such as EV charging stations. The integration of crypto payments with charging stations will occur over the next three years starting from November 2021. The firms haven’t revealed....