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Xcel Energy launches EV smart charging pilot in Colorado; Transportation Electrification Plan for New Mexico approved

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Xcel Energy has launched a new pilot for customers of five major automakers to make it easier for consumers to make the switch to electric vehicles in Colorado and to charge their EVs at times when renewable energy production is high and demand on the energy grid is low. Achieving our EV vision to have 1.5

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HOMER Grid software now models EV charging stations

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HOMER Energy by UL, a global developer of energy modeling software, announced that HOMER Grid , software for designing grid-tied distributed energy projects, can now model how hybrid systems power electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The solution is to co-locate renewables and storage with charging infrastructure.

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DOE announces $209 million for electric vehicles battery research 

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DOE announces $209 million for electric vehicles battery research . Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $209 million in funding for 26 new laboratory projects focusing on electric vehicles, advanced batteries and connected vehicles. Colorado is at the forefront of clean energy innovation. Granholm. “By

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Boulder Electric Vehicle demonstrates V2G electric trucks in three locations; 60 kW bi-directional

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Boulder Electric Vehicle has successfully demonstrated its Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) battery-electric trucks in three separate locations in Michigan, Colorado and California. Carson, Colorado. The third demonstration took place at Boulder Electric Vehicle’s Los Angeles plant. Los Angeles.

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Colorado buyers of Chevy Volt eligible for $13,500 in tax credits

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Colorado residents who purchase or lease a new Chevrolet Volt are eligible for a state tax credit of up to $6,000 in addition to a federal tax credit of up to $7,500 for a total price reduction of as much as $13,500. A tool to determine specific state or local electric vehicle tax credits is available here.

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Xcel Energy wants 1.5M EVs in its service areas by 2030; 30x increase from today

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million electric vehicles in its service areas by 2030. If realized, EVs would make up 20% of all vehicles on the road in those areas—more than 30 times the number today. Xcel services customers in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North and South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. Powering 1.5

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SwRI deploys novel vehicle-to-grid aggregation system in SPIDERS program

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has deployed the first electric vehicle (EV) aggregation system using the new Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standard for bidirectional power using direct current (DC) fast charging. SwRI’s electric vehicle aggregation system is an integrated component of the SPIDERS Secure Microgrid.

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