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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

EVs are Better for the Environment Over the course of their lifetimes , EVs generate less than half of the GHG emissions of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles. This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. In addition, electricity in the U.S.

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Enabling Electric Vehicle Charging in Condominiums

Wallbox

Survey how many of your residents own an EV, plan to buy one or would be interested in having EV charging stations at their condo. This turns EV batteries into a source for power storage that can be leveraged to balance energy capacity in your condo. But where should you begin? Survey your residents & get their approval.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

Driivz

It optimizes energy consumption based on grid constraints, energy pricing, renewable energy availability, locally stored energy, preconfigured EV owner preferences, and driver needs. Getting owner buy-in to the idea is another obstacle; people buy EVs to use for transportation, not to serve as grid assets.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts.