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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

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Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The capacity is there, but to truly handle this new surge in EV grid demand, it will take planning on the part of utility companies across the U.S. grid produced in 2020. Can the Power Grid Handle the Growing EV Demand? toward a tipping point.

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China EV maker Nio has completed 40 mn battery swaps so far – ET Auto

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Swapping could help to ease the strain on power grids at peak times when drivers recharge, but industry analysts and executives expect it would only become feasible if batteries become more standardised. auto maker Tesla kicked off a price war last year. The company currently buys most of its batteries from CATL.

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How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last?

Blink Charging

Maybe not as fast as the gas price, but they’re rising, nonetheless. Learn more about these batteries in this article, where we discuss the lifespan of different batteries and how to recycle them when the time comes. There were no recharging stations, so batteries needed to be replaced much more often. Moving Forward.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Some observers thought V2G could prevent the kinds of price spikes and rolling blackouts then plaguing the Golden State.

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Ford Teams Up With Microsoft

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article by Bill Howard: What sounds like an odd-couple fit – Microsoft? In the case of electric cars, time-shifting the recharge to late at night is important because recharging effectively a home’s daytime energy usage. Here’s the full text of the article in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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Chambers Williams III • THE TENNESSEAN• April 26, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share Del.icio.us Retail versions will use a system similar to that of the Volt, with a small gasoline engine used strictly to run a generator to recharge the onboard battery pack. See instructions for fixing the problem.

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The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks

Cars That Think

Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan boldly proclaims that electric vehicles will reach price parity with internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles by 2025. EV owners should be urged to charge at night to save not only money and the power grid but “ the world ,” a news headline cries out. A massive effort will be needed to make this happen.