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Day or Night: When is the Best Time to Charge Your EV?

Blink Charging

One of the first questions many people ask themselves when they get an electric vehicle (EV) is: When should I charge it? While electricity may seem infinite when you are just plugging in your various small appliances at home, it’s actually not. You’re doing your part to help manage electricity demand.

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Choosing the best EV charger for your electric car

Green Charging

Are you searching for an electric vehicle charging system and do not know where to start? There are countless electrical vehicles charging systems in the market and most car owners don’t know the features to consider when looking for the best. We can help you find the right EV charger for you >.

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

Driivz

The grand gesture: give the gift of an electric vehicle this holiday season. As the TV commercials like to remind us, ‘this the season for giving a new car to that special person in your life’. If a car is on your list this year, make it an electric vehicle (EV) and give the gift of sustainable driving.

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Beyond Basics: What Growth-Oriented Providers Should Look for In EV Charging Management Software

Driivz

EV smart charging and energy management This capability uses data and algorithms to determine when and how an EV plugged into a smart charger will receive power. Advanced features include out-of-network charger locations, reserve-ahead capability, and route planning and navigation with points of interest.

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

Driivz

Part 1 of this two-part blog discusses the challenges facing electric utilities – both electricity generators and grid operators – with electric vehicle (EV) adoption coinciding with the electrification of buildings, heating, and industry. The battery can “tell” the grid how much power is available in its battery.

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The Future of Charging: Bidirectional V2G

MyEVOnline

These include plug-in hybrids, battery electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel-cell electric vehicles. Difference between Smart Charging and Bidirectional Charging. Smart charging allows you to control your EV charging by connecting it to a smart device. Will it help you to lower your energy cost?

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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. ChargeScape’s platform will give electric utilities access to EV battery energy across a wide pool of EVs.

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