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IBM and EKZ partner to make plug-in charging more convenient with new smartphone application

Green Car Congress

With this project we can show how electric vehicles can create a balance between supply and demand for smarter energy grids. —Franken, head of the Energy Distribution department of EKZ and executive management member. —Dieter Gantenbein, leader of the Smart Grid research project at IBM Research – Zurich.

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131. ELECTRIFYING EVERYTHING IN THE 2020s

Qnovo

Electric utilities will implement more energy storage projects on their grids — partly driven by regulations as well as the proliferation of clean-energy grids with distributed wind and solar generation. Electric vehicle drivers require longer driving ranges (300+ miles).

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD , for examples, says their 60 mile range-extended vehicle can add 30 miles of range in ten minutes. I dont like the idea of leasing a battery pack, or project Better Places pay for however-so-many miles on a plan and whatnot. Beware of businessmen trying to make a fortune with the wish to shift to cleaner propulsion!