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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

EVs are Better for the Grid Electric vehicles are essentially mobile power storage that can get us where we need to go. Since most EVs are only in use a small fraction of each day, they can often charge when energy on the grid is clean, cheap, and abundant.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

Green Car Congress

Enefit Technology comprises a novel combination of processing units, each of them serving special purposes such as drying and pyrolysis of oil shale, combustion of semi-coke, as well as the dedusting and cleaning of vapors and gases. In the US state of Utah, Eesti Energia purchased Oil Shale Exploration Company in 2011.

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Enabling Electric Vehicle Charging in Condominiums

Wallbox

Finally, on top of these financial gains, you’ll also contribute to facilitating the all-important clean energy transition. This turns EV batteries into a source for power storage that can be leveraged to balance energy capacity in your condo. Not too bad, right? Cutting red tape – how to get your charging permit.

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What does 2023 have in store for electric vehicles?

Blink Charging

People who want to purchase an EV will have more options, too. EV purchase incentives will also help, although they can be a bit confusing and restrictive. The Inflation Reduction Act that passed in 2022 extended the purchase incentives (now known as the Clean Vehicle Credit) through to the end of 2032. .

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

Driivz

The level of power supplied to chargers and energy utilization are visually displayed and can be adjusted according to EV and site requirements as well as constraints. This can also avoid penalties levied by the utility for over-stressing the grid and requiring the utility to purchase expensive power from the general capacity market. .

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A More Detailed Look at a Prismatic Li-ion Cell and Pack Manufacturing Process

Green Car Congress

EnerDel’s plant is immaculate, we ate lunch on the shop floor, and the cell production steps occur in isolated clean rooms within the plant. EnerDel purchases their raw materials from suppliers in Japan and Korea but is working on localizing production in the US. The two battery killers are contamination and moisture. Click to enlarge.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And, you have to recognize that they pull a hell of a lot of power through the local grid: there will come a time when we will see utility transformers popping from all the current being drawn (imagine just a few dozen EVs fast-charging simultaneously, on 480V at 500A: wow).