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WeaveGrid and Wallbox to offer utility-managed smart charging, starting in Colorado – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

California-based EV charging software developer WeaveGrid and Spanish EV charging equipment supplier Wallbox have partnered to expand North American Wallbox owners’ access to utility-managed charging programs, beginning with Xcel Energy ’s Charging Perks Program in Colorado.

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One Atmospheric Nuclear Explosion Could Take Out the Power Grid

Cars That Think

And yet, until now, government and industry risk assessments about EMP attacks and their effects on the power grid have been based on oversimplified models of the solid Earth that assume zero variation in depth or composition. Landmark research, the product of collaboration between the U.S. In an interview, USGS geophysicist Jeffrey J.

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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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Toyota Motorsport sets new electric record with EV P002 on the Nürburgring

Green Car Congress

This marks the second milestone for TMG’s electric powertrain this year following its new record at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado. The TMG DC Quick Charger was developed in partnership with Schneider Electric GmbH to meet the challenge of recharging an electric race car at tracks without reliable access to grid power.

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Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

EV Adoption

But except for the state of Colorado, the other 11 states accounted for from 0% to 1.7% These 12 “coal” states combined for a total of 10% of 2020 EV sales, but without the outlying state of Colorado at 4.3%, the other 11 states would account for only 5.7% of US EV sales in 2020. of US EV sales in 2020.

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Ballard and Anglo American Platinum partner on a range of fuel cell applications in South Africa

Green Car Congress

Anglo American Platinum is also beginning above ground testing of five fuel cell-powered locomotives at its Dishaba mine in Limpopo province, South Africa. of Golden, Colorado, USA and are ultimately intended for use in transporting equipment underground at mining sites.

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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. IEEE Spectrum did its best to cover those developments, and these were the stories that our readers liked best.