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Leclanché expands marine electrification solution to include fast charger for ports, harbors and vessels; Damen 1st adopter

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Its first customer for the turnkey solution is Damen Shipyards Group, a globally operating company with more than 50 shipyards and related facilities, which has selected Leclanché to construct and provide two fast charge electric ferry stations, and supporting electrical storage systems, on Canada’s Lake Ontario.

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A Driver-Centric Approach Is Essential to Broad Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Adoption

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The 2020 International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook projects that by 2030, the share of electricity going towards EV charging could rise to as high as 4–10% at peak demand. V2G technology makes this two-way energy exchange possible, but it’s only useful to utility companies if it happens on a massive scale.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Saving money is important, but reliability is mission-critical, and fleet operators were unwilling to get serious about going electric until they had tested EVs in years-long pilot projects. However, the electric road ahead is not exactly clear. Well, that phase of the transition is over. What happens when we plug in 1.2-megawatt

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Will the world run out of lithium?

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Lithium is commonly used for rechargeable batteries, particularly in Electric Vehicles (EVs). Here’s some insight on this from the experts at Drive Electric. How much lithium is available globally? Some companies have also seen success in using cobalt-free batteries.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

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The energy from the EV batteries is available to the electric grid to serve peak needs, with the vehicles recharging during non-peak hours. While many energy companies are increasing their usage of renewable energy, such as solar and wind, those sources cannot consistently produce power 24/7 due to weather.