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

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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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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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But what’s most interesting about the mammoth, £580 million project isn’t so much the turbines as the subsea transmission link that will connect the wind farm to the Scottish mainland. This newer HVDC technology is opening up new opportunities. According to Plet, wind energy is driving an acceleration of HVDC installations in Europe.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electric school buses equipped with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology also have tremendous potential as “batteries on wheels” that can store electricity and provide it to the grid or to buildings when needed. In Europe , the electric bus is flourishing, with a 48% increase in registrations in 2021 compared to 2020. and Europe.

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BMW to Premiere the Concept ActiveE at NAIAS 2010 in Detroit; Electric 1 Series Is The Second EV Project Under i Megacity Vehicle Initiative

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The field tests with the MINI E as part of Project i in the US and Europe have already provided insights into the demands required of future production electric vehicles. On the European power grid, the battery pack can be fully charged in just 3 hours at a wall box with a current of 50 ampere at 230/240 volts.

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There’s a Queue Coming for Tesla Charging, and That’s OK

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And the entire industry is facing up to the essential nature of charger interoperability: the idea that every car must connect with every charger, with zero hassle, just as internal-combustion cars can pull up to most any pump. To Tesla's credit, I've never failed to hook up successfully to a Supercharger, in America or Europe.

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