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The Importance of Managed EV Charging

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Vehicle to X (V2X), where X can be load (L), home (H), another vehicle (V), or the grid (G), is an emerging technology that can distribute stored energy to the device in need. Since EVs have an immense amount of stored electricity, with V2X, they can re-direct that power back to other things. Ford F-150 Lightning.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. In the UK, experiments are.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Then consider that in order to actually go any farther than the neighbood store, one still had to have ANOTHER car. Posted by: Bob F | Apr 13, 2009 9:42:47 PM Despite factual errors and oversights in this article, you still make an excellent point. when they were forced to put NIHM batteries in the range was 150 miles.

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