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West Coast worth CEO desires EVs to save lots of California’s energy grid

Baua Electric

California, already house to greater than a 3rd of all registered EVs in america, is primed for additional enlargement because the circumstance mandates that each one brandnew cars bought will have to be electrical or plug-in hybrids through 2035. A invoice written through circumstance Sen. Mark Chediak contributed to this file.

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Iron-air batteries, dynamic wireless charging, EQS first drive: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

The 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS establishes the serene side of a growing cohort of large electric luxury cars. And are iron-air batteries good for a smart-energy grid? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A dynamic wireless charging project could put the tech on the Interstate in Indiana.

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Tesla car batteries are being used in a study on how EVs could help power the grid

Teslarati

In an announcement on Wednesday, the University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia stated that it would be recruiting Tesla owners across the globe to analyze if the all-electric vehicles’ spare battery capacity could be utilized to support the energy grid — and perhaps even power homes in the near future.

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Is your smart charger about to become dumb? Don’t get caught out, says myenergi

My Energi

Much like a smart meter, these devices can send and receive signals to and from the energy grid to manage the time or rate of charging. Brompton continues: “With more than 80% of all EV charging said to take place on the driveway, having your own home charging device is a cost-effective and reliable way to keep your car fully charged.

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Colorado to launch smart-charging pilot program as it prepares for EVs

Green Car Reports

As it prepares to launch an electric-car mandate in coming years, Colorado is working to learn how electric cars can help it move to a more renewable energy grid.

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Electric Vehicles 101: V2G Charging & The Grid

CleanTechnica EVs

Do more EVs mean more pain, or more HELP for the aging US energy grid?

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Northvolt to build third gigafactory in Germany

Green Car Congress

The region hosts the cleanest energy grid in Germany, one which is characterized by a surplus of electricity generated by onshore and offshore wind power and reinforced by clean energy provided through grid interconnections to Denmark and Norway.

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