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Packaging second-life EV batteries into a plug-and-play energy storage system

Charged EVs

How to assemble this motley mélange of used battery packs into a smoothly-functioning stationary storage system? They have manufacturing space in Tennessee, and they have repurposing programs through their North American headquarters, so we can source, procure and quality-control batteries directly from them. For example, Nissan.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

Each microgrid includes generation, loads, transformers, distribution lines, protective devices, and, typically, energy storage. In 2019, in partnership with the Honnold Foundation and other organizations, Casa Pueblo started connecting the Adjuntas town square to two solar-powered microgrids.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Michigan Governor’s Gretchen Whitmer, for example, claimed that since she took office in 2019, 25,000 new auto jobs were added to the state through her leadership in leading “the future of mobility and electrification.” Tennessee provided Ford $884 million in incentives to locate in the state, while Kentucky provided $250 million.

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