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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

EV Connect

Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The capacity is there, but to truly handle this new surge in EV grid demand, it will take planning on the part of utility companies across the U.S. grid produced in 2020. Can the Power Grid Handle the Growing EV Demand? toward a tipping point.

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer.

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AI-powered EV batteries: The next welcome change – ET Auto

Baua Electric

As interest in AI surges, so too has scrutiny of the technology’s energy intensity and its corresponding burden on data centres and power grids. Chemix , an AI-powered EV battery developer, has completed a USD 20 million Series A funding round, led by Ibex Investors.

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AI-powered EV batteries: The next welcome change – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The EV market is evolving quickly, presenting a challenge for battery manufacturers aiming to keep up with the pace of development. Chemix , an AI-powered EV battery developer , has completed a USD 20 million Series A funding round, led by Ibex Investors. Artificial intelligence ‘s next target is the electric vehicle battery.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Packetized energy management (PEM) allows the power grid to flexibly handle a varying supply of renewable energy.

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Researchers Aim to Decarbonize Chemical Industry by Electrifying It

Cars That Think

This sponsored article is brought to you by NYU Tandon School of Engineering. The task is clearly enormous, not just for the chemical manufacturing industry itself but for the larger economy. chemical industry migrate from thermal-based manufacturing processes to electricity-based ones. exports (US $220 billion).

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Obama gives $2.4bn Jump Start To Battery Makers

Revenge of the Electric Car

Here’s a quote from the LA Times article By Maeve Reston: Obama unveils $2.4-billion “Even as our economy has been transformed by new forms of technology, our electric grid looks largely the same as it did half a century ago,&# Obama said. Read the full LA Times article and the complete Town Hall Transcript.

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