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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

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Sustainability, or “going green,” is the responsible use of environmental resources so that future generations will have enough to meet their needs. The most sustainable option for a Christmas tree is to buy or rent a live potted tree with roots and replant it after the holidays. Smart electricity meters work in a similar way.

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Vacation Rental EV Charging: EVmatch Is Here to Help!

EV Match

With more and more EVs on the road every day, and no doubt many planning to travel with their EVs this summer, we’ve received a lot of requests from our EVmatch community to make vacation rental EV charging more accessible and available—we are in the business of increasing accessibility to this resource, after all! Ready to get started?

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

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When wind and sun are plentiful, excess clean energy can be stored in the batteries of EVs that are parked and connected to smart chargers. It enables bi-directional charging and the two-way flow of energy between EVs, smart chargers, and the grid.

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RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION: Drive Electric’s advice on the second draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan (2026-2030)

Drive Electric

2 Smart charging will help make the most of New Zealand’s existing electricity infrastructure and avoid unnecessary capital investment, by helping manage peak demand. It is critical that measures are taken to support widespread adoption of ‘smart chargers’ in parallel with the adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs).

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

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Why Driivz for Smart EV Charging and Smart Energy Management? What is EV Smart Charging? Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged EVs

Once an EV can double as a stationary storage device, it will take its place as part of an energy ecosystem that includes rooftop solar and energy management—and could even become a source of revenue for owners and a valuable grid-balancing resource for utilities. We have smart plugs that will turn on all smart appliances.

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AMPLY Power offers EV fleets guaranteed uptime and zero charging challenges

Charged EVs

So, what ultimately happened, of course, is that everybody started using Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure, and just buying the output and leaving all of the complexity to a data center operator. That means dispatch system integration, telematics integration, back-office ERP [enterprise resource planning] integration.

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