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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

The good news is that EVs are starting to make a difference. EVs are Better for the Grid Electric vehicles are essentially mobile power storage that can get us where we need to go. Since most EVs are only in use a small fraction of each day, they can often charge when energy on the grid is clean, cheap, and abundant.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. We also need more power storage in the form of batteries and other technologies to store power when the sun shines and the wind blows. Right now, production is low in Russia, so the cost has increased. No Fracking.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

On the other hand, the cost of a used transportation battery will be set by the next cheapest form of scalable dispatchable storage such as air pressure storage less the battery recycle value. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com.

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