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

My Energi

With thousands of new EVs hitting the roads this month to coincide with the March plate change, myenergi is recommending that drivers choose carefully when it comes to specifying a future-proof home charger, ensuring that it’s WiFi or ethernet-connected to ensure that it doesn’t ‘go dumb’ in the future.

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AeroVironment licenses PNNL EV smart charger controller technology

Green Car Congress

The PNNL technology tells a vehicle’s battery charger when to start and stop charging based upon existing conditions on the electrical grid. has licensed smart charging controller technology developed at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for incorporation into its charging station equipment.

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Hendy announces electrifying new partnership with myenergi

My Energi

As part of the agreement, Hendy will promote the myenergi zappi as its charger of choice, with the two companies working closely together to accelerate the transition to electrification. The myenergi zappi is a smart EV charger with a difference. For more information about Hendy Group, visit www.hendy.co.uk.

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Day or Night: When is the Best Time to Charge Your EV?

Blink Charging

With a Level 1 charger, which you can just plug into a regular ol’ 120 volt electrical outlet in your home, it will likely take you several hours to fully charge your vehicle. A Level 2 charger – which makes up the majority of public chargers – will probably take just a few hours to charge your battery. until 11:00 p.m.

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What is Demand Response?

Driivz

Demand Response (DR), also called Demand Side Response (DSR), is an energy flexibility program that incentivizes electricity users to change their electricity consumption in response to a signal from the energy provider. Alternatively, a utility can designate peak time during which customers are asked to reduce energy use.

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

Driivz

And with the increase in sustainable power generation, EVs will someday run on 100% renewable energy. Sustainable gifts for the home: smart EV charging and smart meters. While it can be as simple as plugging the car into the outlet, you can do much more with a smart charger. Switch to LED Christmas lights.

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6 EV Charging Station Management Best Practices

Driivz

Analytics-driven insights you want your management platform to provide include utilization rates for individual charging ports, time-of-day patterns for utilization, types of chargers deployed, geographic coverage, and peak energy requirement for each charging port.