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

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In 2019, Willem-Alexander, king of the Netherlands, presided over the installation of a bidirectional charging station in Utrecht. By 2019, Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands , was presiding over the installation of a bidirectional charging station in Utrecht. Bidirectional charging promises to ease such problems.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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You also must consider the electricity that charges the vehicle. In 2019, 63 percent of global electricity was produced from fossil-fuel sources, the exact nature of which varies substantially among regions. about 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, which produces less carbon than coal does.