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MIT study finds workplace charging and delayed home charging can mitigate electricity demand and cost

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Large-scale deployment of battery electric vehicle (BEV) and photovoltaic (PV) electricity technologies could raise electricity costs by increasing peak evening electricity demand and causing overgeneration of electricity during midday. Resources Zachary Needell, Wei Wei, Jessika E. 2023.101287

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Ford and Newlab announce startups to pilot new EV tech in mobility innovation program

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In its first year, the Mobility Studio will help the companies pilot the development of a range of transformative services and technologies to spur more widespread commercial adoption of electric vehicles. Currently is operating in Dallas, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with plans to expand to several more cities soon.

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Toyota collaborates on Tesla Virtual Power Plant competitor

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Toyota has announced that it will work with Oncor, a Texas-based electric utility, on vehicle-to-grid technology that may compete with Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant. Toyota has now doubled down and will collaborate with an electric utility in Texas to offer customers vehicle-to-grid technology.

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UPS collaborating with Workhorse to deploy 50 electric trucks; rivaling acquisition cost of conventional; no subsidies

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Workhorse claims these vehicles provide nearly 400% fuel efficiency improvement as well as optimum energy efficiency, vehicle performance and a better driver experience. Modec fully electric vehicle with a cab forward design used in London. —Carlton Rose, President, Global Fleet Maintenance and Engineering for UPS.

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Car “charging treasure”: the third option besides charging piles and battery replacement

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Among them is a start-up company located in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, which is considered by everyone to be the “Ele.me” or “Meituan Waimai” in the field of electric vehicle charging. A growing number of electric vehicle owners are struggling with sluggish charging at home chargers.

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Texas study finds PHEV use could increase ozone at night, decrease ozone during the day

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A study by researchers at the University of Texas found that in general, use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) can lead to an increase in ozone during nighttime hours (due to decreased scavenging from both vehicles and EGU stacks) and a decrease in ozone during daytime hours. Tammy Thompson, (now at MIT), lead author.

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UDR First Multi-Family Real Estate Firm to Install Coulomb Charging Stations

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has purchased six ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for its 464-unit apartment community located at 2500 Bennett Street in Dallas, Texas. Smart Grid integration for utility load management with future V2G capabilities. Leading multi-family real estate investment trust UDR, Inc. Richard Lowenthal CEO of Coulomb Technologies.