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BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

So all those cheap EVs need to be fast-charged, and what better place to expand than BYD’s home city? According to data from the Southern Power Grid Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau, Shenzhen’s EV charging volume reached 670 million kilowatt-hours in Q1 2024, an 11% increase year-over-year. Get started here. –

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Demand Charges: The Secret Cost to EV Charging

EV Connect

The point of demand charges is to levy extra costs on those that put the biggest strain on the power grid, to offset the damage they do. After all, power grids do have a maximum amount of energy they can provide at once. This is not cheap. Why Use Demand Charges and What Are Their Problems?

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

Charged EVs

Oleg: In my opinion as CEO and founder of IoTecha, I personally believe that it has huge promise, because automated charging actually eliminates the need to add weight and complexity to the vehicle. I personally believe that destination charging will take a very significant role in how we charge our vehicles. It’s a must.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

French construction company Bouygues Immobilier is working on an office in Meudon, western Paris, which uses 4,000 square metres of solar panels to meet not only its own energy needs but also to export surplus energy back to the power grid. Running cars on it’s output has so many good points one can’t help but wonder.

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