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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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Instead, they think, a clean-energy transition might be better served with a fleet of smaller, more modular, reactors—like Linglong One. I think, in the next 15, 20 years, there is going to be a real chance for SMRs to be commercially available and widely deployed.” Hence the name: small modular reactors (SMRs).

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New Study: Only 26% of U.S. households are familiar with EVs.

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These sessions address the coming surge of EVs on the market, the potentially explosive EV growth in adoption, and the implications for consumers, the grid, and needed infrastructure.” However, something that impacts both markets includes the chip shortage, Putin invading Ukraine, and the national gas prices being on the rise.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Most automotive manufacturers say they plan to use renewable energy in the future, but for now, most battery production relies on electric grids largely powered by fossil fuels. That’s why operating EVs typically releases less carbon than operating gasoline vehicles of similar size, even in coal-heavy grids like Shandong or West Virginia.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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If you want to drown in EV numbers and analyses from around the globe, do subscribe to Jose’s new commercial endeavor EV Volumes (and no, I’m not getting a cut). I finally got hold of reported total bus fleets and bus replacement rates in Europe. This year, though, I used his input into the EU-sanctioned eafo.eu E-buses were deployed.

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