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

Cars That Think

In the United States in 2011, the University of Delaware and the New Jersey–based utility NRG Energy signed a. now taking place in suburban homes, using outside wall-mounted chargers metered to give credit to vehicle owners on their utility bills in exchange for uploading battery juice during peak hours.

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There’s a Queue Coming for Tesla Charging, and That’s OK

Cars That Think

Yet Tesla's proprietary Supercharger network was designed exclusively for Tesla owners, not the people who buy electric Fords, Volkswagens, et al. A report from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) outlines major challenges in harmonizing every aspect of juice bars for cars: Stations, networks, vehicles and the grid itself.

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Al Muratsuchi Votes To Kill Community Choice Then Finds Out He Was Duped & Calls Me To Apologize

Creative Greenius

CCAs are about the best idea ever created to give communities the choice of buying their own renewable energy on the open market and offering their customers 100% renewable energy if they want it. But I am 56 years old and I was born in Brooklyn and grew up in New Jersey. With no apologies.

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