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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low.

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6 EV Charging Station Management Best Practices

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Achieving operational excellence for Charge Point Operators and EV Service Providers (EVSPs). Electric vehicle charging-station operations management is complex , with uptime as the most critical challenge for charge point operators ( CPOs ).

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RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION: Drive Electric’s advice on the second draft of the Emissions Reduction Plan (2026-2030)

Drive Electric

It is rapidly becoming clear that electric vehicles will replace petrol and diesel ICE vehicles in most use cases. International jurisdictions are setting dates for the end of new fossil fuel vehicles. Automakers are committing to dates by which they will only produce electric vehicles.

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EV Chargers for All!

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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. One was affordability. Even without a son soon to be entering college, the premium prices of EVs were a turnoff. Two obstacles stood in his way.

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The Aftershocks of the EV Transition Could Be Ugly

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electric vehicle subsidy policy. and especially California,” he says, “has come at the cost of exacerbating the air, water and soil pollution of Asian societies.” He believes that, at some point, US foreign policy will likely held accountable for US EV industrial policy.