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Paired Power’s EV chargers let customers mix and match solar, storage and grid power

Charged EVs

The challenges involved in getting EV chargers hooked up to the grid are well-known to Charged readers. Various off-grid solutions are available, but the best approach may be a flexible one—using some combination of onsite generation, battery storage and grid power, according to what’s available and what’s needed for the application.

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The Transformer Transformer

Cars That Think

Modern power grids cant run without transformers, which step voltages up and down for distribution from power plants to power stations and on to homes and businesses. Whats worse, the way we use the power grid is stressing transformers even more. As Andrew Moseman reports in Engineers Transform Transformers to Save the Power Grid [p.

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Plug’n Drive is Bringing Electric Test Drives to Regina Saskatchewan and Surrounding Communities

Plug N Drive

Hours for test drives at MEET Regina Thursday July 3 to Sunday July 6, 2025, 10:00 am-5 pm Thursday July 10 to Sunday July 13, 2025, 10:00 am-5 pm Thursday July 17 to Sunday July 20, 2025, 10:00 am-5 pm As reported by SaskPower, Saskatchewan’s electricity grid continues to diversify its energy mix, with growing contributions from renewable sources.

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CAA-Québec and Plug’n Drive Bring Electric Driving Experience to Gatineau QC and Cornwall ON

Plug N Drive

“Québec’s deeply engaged EV consumers have long appreciated how the combination of the lowest electricity prices in North America combined with one of its cleanest electricity grids provides many health and cost advantages to driving electric.” The test drives at EV Roadshows are available on a first come, first served basis (no pre-booking).

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Bill McKibben’s Comments on GRID Alternatives and Rooftop Solar in an Exclusive Greenius Video

Creative Greenius

Times Book Festival appearance at UCLA. I asked Bill about the work my friends at GRID Alternative are doing and his thoughts on the adoption of rooftop solar in this final segment of my video interview with him. The Greenius asks Bill McKibben a question at his L.A. The 2010 focus for 350.org They’re not ready to give up.

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SAE International publishes new J2954 wireless charging standard

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Power is transferred by creating a magnetic resonance field between the transmitting pad on the ground (wired to the grid) and a receiving pad fitted on the underside of the vehicle. The technology is a safe and efficient method for transferring power from the AC grid supply to the electric vehicle. SAE J2954 Functional Elements Chart.

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

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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