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

Green Car Congress

Separate from the Colorado pilot, Xcel Energy has gained approval from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to begin offering a suite of EV charging programs starting next year that will make electric vehicle charging easy, fast, and more affordable for New Mexico customers.

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6 EV Charging Station Management Best Practices

Driivz

CPOs and EV service providers ( EVSPs ) can’t afford to have electric vehicle (EV) owners get to an EV charging station only to discover that the charge point is not operational. When evaluating EV charging management software platforms , look for solutions that support these best practices: 1.

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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

We would make the following additional points: E-mobility, by definition, depends on affordable and reliable renewable electricity. 2 Smart charging will help make the most of New Zealand’s existing electricity infrastructure and avoid unnecessary capital investment, by helping manage peak demand. This will only intensify.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

One was affordability. 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. has no EV chargers in its five-story indoor parking garage. Even as used EV prices decline, the vast majority are still out of most renters’ budgets.

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The Aftershocks of the EV Transition Could Be Ugly

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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. Another way of expressing this relationship is that improving air quality of the U.S.