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

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In 2007, Berg landed a contract to install rooftop solar at a local school, with the idea to set up a microgrid. A collection of power meters lines his hallway closet, and they monitor solar energy flowing, in part, to his company’s electric-car batteries—hence the company name, We Drive Solar. Our grid was not designed for this.”.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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That would require a dramatic increase in EV sales: In the United States in 2021, just over 1 million vehicles—less than 1 percent of those on the road—were fully electric. And only 3 percent of the new vehicles sold were fully electric. Between 2007 and 2011, the city of Seville built an.