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Atlanta’s MARTA orders 6 Xcelsior CHARGE 40-foot electric buses from New Flyer

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announced that the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has awarded New Flyer with a new order for six Xcelsior CHARGE zero-emission, battery-electric forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses. Since its launch in January 2019, New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions has installed more than 150 smart chargers across North America.

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HOMER Grid software now models EV charging stations

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The smart charger allows project developers to leverage HOMER Grid's capability to model demand charge reduction in any distributed renewable energy system and apply this to an EV charging station. UL, a global safety science leader, acquired HOMER Energy in December 2019.

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Australia unveiled its new EV policy

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It said that it will be helping the businesses set up charging stations for fleets and would “co-invest with industry” to install an estimated 50,000 smart chargers in homes. However before the last election in 2019, Morrison denied his support for electric vehicles at a press conference in Melbourne.

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

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million in 2021 , nearly doubling the sales from 2020 and tripling that of 2019. While it can be as simple as plugging the car into the outlet, you can do much more with a smart charger. Smart electricity meters work in a similar way. EV sales are projected to reach 5.6 That’s where 80% of EV charging takes place.

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Electric car chargers to be required in all new house and office builds in England

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All chargers installed will additionally have to be ‘smart’ – allowing owners to tell their cars when to charge and up to what percentage, with the option of recharging only during times when energy demand is generally lower. A 7kW Type 2 charger will take a Nissan Leaf’s battery from flat to full in around 7.5

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

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So, we developed an energy monitoring device, which we launched in the spring of 2019. And you don’t need a bidirectional charger or a battery to take advantage of that? We have smart plugs that will turn on all smart appliances. Christian: Now you have a Level 2 EV charger that integrates with your system.

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EV Chargers for All!

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A Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) EV Dashboard shows as of January 2023 there were an estimated 35,238 EVs on the road (23,121 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 12,117 plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs)), of which some 13,811 of both types reside in Minneapolis.