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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. That is, would cycling the battery more than necessary prematurely degrade the very heart of the car?

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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That series unexpectedly swore off gasoline and staged its first all-electric race on 13-14 August in Hell, Norway. F1 doesn’t flatter the battery brigade. Ultra-fast charging at 600 kW nearly doubles the most powerful public chargers for civilian drivers. Enough energy, in fact, to carry 220 fewer kilograms of battery.

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