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Proposed California Bill SB-233 Mandates Bidirectional Charging for EVs to Advance Grid and Climate Protection

Driivz

The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. SB-233 covers school buses as well so they can power V2B and fleet depots use cases.

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

Cars That Think

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. If too much or too little electricity is present in the power grid, the network can suddenly become unbalanced.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. How can they keep their faithful happy while moving into what is looking like, thanks to the climate crisis, the future of transportation? Not easy or cheap, but it has worked so far.

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Benz’s $155k EQV electric people mover arrives

EV Central

A residential 11kW AC wall box has the battery from empty to full in around 10 hours. The EQV’s not cheap, but lately every new car price announcement – prestige brand; EV or combustion – has us thinking the same thing. Value versus its rivals? Even so, the electric EQV’s sticker price looks particularly chunky.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD CEO Wang Chuan-Fu figured out how to make cheaper batteries than the Japanese by replacing machines with migrant workers. The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. More Andy Grove on battery power More Is it time to buy American Express? Electric cars will be one answer.

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