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You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger

Baua Electric

Once installed, GM Energy’s home EV chargers will enable customers to send power from a compatible GM EV to their home in the face of increasing power outages across the US. It’s initially rolling out in five states – California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Texas – with plans to expand over time. Get started here. –

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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

With 1,200W of theoretical power (and probably more like 900W of solid real-world Florida solar energy), that would be a decent flow rate. The panels I used are Pecron’s folding panels, which aren’t really meant for this type of long-term permanent installation. And the answer is to hopefully give them better wind protection.

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How to Navigate EV Charging Rebates and Successfully Fund Your Home Charging Station

EV Match

In this follow-up to our article covering commercial incentives from last month, we’ll explore some of the rebates that can help you bring EV charging home on the cheap. Homeowners can claim as much as $1,000 for their EV charging installation. For simple installations, this tax credit will cover the entire cost of the project.

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

Teslarati

To pretend to have done a repair that never happened and accept a lower battery capacity caused by a cheap Porsche onboard charger without informing the customer would be misleading, to say the least. The supplier has a reputable name, but a cheap charger was chosen to keep costs down. Porsche’s Zuffenhausen site.

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Volt Blocher

Honda S2000 EV Conversion

I wasn't sure what I was going to do for balancing as anything on the market is not cheap. Dimitri, a buddy of mine from Florida who is working on his second conversion, ask what my plans were for balancing, but I had none. Here is a picture of them installed in the car. I named them Volt Blocher.

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GM demos its new Energy products by running a mansion off a Silverado EV

Baua Electric

Installation is separate (and costs can vary widely), and GM has partnered with Qmerit, a national EV charging installation company, to make it easier for customers to find an installer. That’s important, because the system isn’t cheap. The systems can be bought separately or bundled together for $7,299.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

“I asked about installing charging stations in our garage and was invited to bring the issue up before the HOA (homeowners association) board, where all good ideas go to die,” he said. Several states have passed “right to charge” laws that allow renters to install EV Level 1 and 2 chargers, but they are responsible for all installation costs.