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What is EV Smart Charging?

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McKinsey Research shows that unmanaged, load-increases from EV-charging-power-demand may eventually push local transformers beyond their capacity, requiring expensive infrastructure upgrades. EV smart charging ensures the safe delivery of power to EVs without compromising on delivering electricity to offices, campuses and homes.

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AeroVironment licenses PNNL EV smart charger controller technology

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Second, plug-in cars can be powered by renewable generation that might not have been possible to add to the grid without the charging rate flexibility offered by vehicles and this technology. These technologies will result in a triple-win.

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IBM Teams With ESB ecars to develop EV smart charging IT system in Ireland

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Today, the goal is to produce 40% of the country's current electricity consumption from renewable energy and have electric vehicles represent every tenth car on Irish roads. This project is bolstered by Ireland’s energy policy to increase sustainable energy use in the transportation sector by 2020.

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Ford and Microsoft Partnering on EV Smart Charging

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Ford and Microsoft’s participation in the Hohm program builds on the success of their decade-long partnership to provide customers with superior in-car experiences. In North America, these include the Transit Connect Electric later this year, Focus Electric in 2011, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and two next-generation hybrids in 2012.

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Hyundai IONIQ 5 Battery Upgrade, VW ID. Buzz Coming to South by Southwest — EV News Today

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The day is done but the EV news has not all been covered yet. Below are various press releases and other EV news items that you may have missed and may like to read. EVs smart officially unveils name for its new generation of all-electric vehicles Hyundai announces battery enhancements and specification changes […].

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Electrify America, Hubject collaborate to bring Plug&Charge to more than 2,000 high-power public chargers by year end

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By bringing ISO 15118 to all of Electrify America’s DC fast and home AC chargers, this technology is also the first step to enable EV smart charging and vehicle to grid (V2G) communications. Several automakers are beginning to add this capability in their cars.

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SETEC POWER Emergency Mobile EV Charging System Unveiled in Bali

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The 143 electric cars consist of 41 units of Toyota bZ4X and 102 units of Lexus UX 300e. In addition, it also participates in developing an integrated electrified vehicle ecosystem through the EV Smart Mobility Bali Project and the EV Smart Mobility Toba Project.