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IBM Teams With ESB ecars to develop EV smart charging IT system in Ireland

Green Car Congress

This project is bolstered by Ireland’s energy policy to increase sustainable energy use in the transportation sector by 2020. The platform will connect ESB Networks with the energy retailers and the charge-points, allowing all three to communicate energy usage and financial data directly.

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

Drive Electric

With accelerating rates of electrification, modelling from Transpower in 2020 anticipated electricity demand will increase by 20% by 2030 and 68% by 2050.6 Council alignment, network connections). Do you think this draft vision serves as a useful guide for the EV Charging Strategy? Vision 4.1 Outcome 1 6.1 Outcome 2 7.1

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

When IEEE Spectrum’s editor in chief, Harry Goldstein, needed to replace his 2008 Honda Fit in October 2020, he thought seriously about buying an electric vehicle. Even without a son soon to be entering college, the premium prices of EVs were a turnoff. The other challenge was where to charge the EV. One was affordability.