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The Future of Charging: Bidirectional V2G

MyEVOnline

After you connect your car’s battery to a DC rapid charging station, AC or alternating current from the grid is converted and stored inside the vehicle in the form of DC or direct current. For this purpose, you either have an AC-DC converter inside the EV or a built-in converter inside the charger. How does Bidirectional Charging work?

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Choosing the best EV charger for your electric car

Green Charging

Your vehicle’s charging cable is either tethered to the charger through a fixed connection or untethered through a type 1 or type 2 socket. The vast majority of new EVs are now using type 2 chargers. Perhaps the reason why car owners opt for this type of charger connection is its longevity and fast speed charging.

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

Driivz

Sustainability, or “going green,” is the responsible use of environmental resources so that future generations will have enough to meet their needs. As the TV commercials like to remind us, ‘this the season for giving a new car to that special person in your life’. Smart electricity meters work in a similar way.

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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

Driivz

But whether or not utilities own and operate EV charging infrastructure, they will benefit from smart charging and energy management. . Smart EV charging uses chargers that communicate with a management platform via a data connection. Most cars are parked 95% of the time, making EVs ideal flexibility assets for the grid.

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BMW, Ford and Honda to create new company focused on optimizing EV grid services: ChargeScape

Green Car Congress

have entered into an agreement to create ChargeScape, LLC, a new equally-owned company that will create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers. BMW Group, Ford Motor Company and American Honda Motor Co.,

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

Driivz

Smart EV charging uses intelligence to manage when and how an electric vehicle plugged into a smart charger will receive power for charging based on the cost of electricity, its availability, and the needs of the driver. EV smart charging lets you monitor, manage, and adjust energy consumption.