Remove Blog Remove Charging Remove Grid
article thumbnail

Why nighttime EV charging is incentivized while daytime is cleaner

Green Car Reports

When it comes to overall carbon emissions, EVs are cleaner than internal-combustion cars, but how much cleaner can depend on when they're charged, according to a recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance blog post. A grid more reliant on renewable energy will shrink the carbon footprint of EVs charging from it.

Cleaner 168
article thumbnail

CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

As a former top corporate subject matter expert, I took a very deep made myself a environmental resource for others in my reincarnation as The Creative Greenius and author of this blog. Learning to install solar with GRID Alternatives in 2009. We’ve been driving our electric cars on sunshine ever since. Installing the 5.2

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

CU-NREL Energy Institute Launches Study of Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles in Boulder; 18 Prius PHVs

Green Car Congress

in a field study of household experiences and the technical impacts of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), in a smart grid environment. The cars, which are slated to arrive in mid-September, will be circulated in three-month stints among 108 randomly selected Boulder households that volunteered to be part of smart grid pilot tests.

Prius 199
article thumbnail

JB Straubel’s Redwood launches energy business focused on second-life EV batteries

Teslarati

Repurposed batteries for scalable storage Redwood Energy is designed to bridge the gap between battery recovery and recycling by extracting value from discarded EV packs that still hold usable charge. In a blog post , Redwood stated that many EV battery packs retain more than 50% of their capacity after being retired from vehicles.

Energy 67
article thumbnail

The biggest barrier to EV charging you’ve never heard of

Green Energy Consumers

This fall, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is considering proposals from National Grid, Eversource, and Unitil that could make it more economical to operate DC fast charging stations. The proposals could be a big step forward in expanding much-needed charging infrastructure in the Bay State.

article thumbnail

Six Technology Innovations in Electric Vehicle Charging

Driivz

New investments in EV charging infrastructure, lower EV prices, continuous improvements in vehicle range, and the flow of new EV models are also spurring this growth. Meanwhile, the EV charging industry continues to innovate and attract new investment. Smart EV Charging. Self-Healing Algorithms for EV Charging Management.

article thumbnail

GE and Nissan Get Into Smart Charging

Revenge of the Electric Car

GE and Nissan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly research “smart charging&# stations. Both companies will be conducting research separately and collectively, using computer simulations to finetune their software charging systems. smart-grid lab for three years. smart-grid lab for three years.

Nissan 100