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Baltimore Gas and Electric Company to Launch Plug-in Trial; GridPoints Smart Charging Software to Manage Grid Impacts

Green Car Congress

Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Constellation Energy, has launched a multiyear plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demonstration project using GridPoint’s smart charging software ( earlier post ). BGE will also evaluate the impact a PHEV fleet has on the company’s carbon footprint.

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An Overview of the BGE EVsmart Program

EV Connect

As the United States continues its slow, steady transition toward electric vehicles, more entities are offering financial incentives to speed things along. Among these helpful utility providers is Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), the company that serves a little over a fifth of the state of Maryland.

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How To Reduce EV Charging Station Costs

EV Connect

Incentives Generally, the highest-dollar methods of reducing the start-up costs of installing electric vehicle charging stations come from incentives and rebates. This is a tax credit that allows you to recoup 30% (up to a maximum of $30,000) of the cost for electric vehicle charging station purchase and installation.

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EV Charging: WeaveGrid–Preparing Utilities for the Coming EV Boom

Clean Fleet Report

Momentum is accelerating in the necessary transition from a fossil-fuel-burning automotive fleet to electric vehicles (EVs). WeaveGrid’s mission is to drive rapid decarbonization in global transport and power sectors by intelligently connecting electric vehicles to the grid. That’s where WeaveGrid comes in.

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ECOtality to offer Silver Spring Networks’ platform to enable EV charging station load control solutions

Green Car Congress

announced an agreement to integrate ECOtality’s Blink electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with the Silver Spring Smart Energy Platform. ECOtality, Inc. and Silver Spring Networks, Inc. ECOtality will market and sell the integrated Blink stations globally, enabling utilities to offer their customers smart EV charging options.

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How Many EV Charging Stations Will $10 Billion Buy for America?

EV Adoption

chargers, ports, individual charging connections) will whatever the final number is in front of the word “billion” actually fund? So with that out of the way, let’s get back to the question of “How many electric vehicle charging stations will $10 billion buy for America?”. But how many charging “stations” (e.g.,

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