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BMW i home energy storage system integrates 2nd-life i3 vehicle batteries

Green Car Congress

The battery storage system electrified by BMW i is sized so it can be placed in the basement or the garage of a detached house, where the stored energy can either be used for electrically-operated devices in the home or for charging the battery of an electric car.

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Smart Charging Electric Vehicles and the Flexibility Market

Driivz

If the power supply and demand infrastructure continues “business as usual,” it will reach maximum capacity – unless extremely expensive upgrades are done. Implementing a fresh approach to energy supply and demand can prevent this from happening. Implementing USEF enables large-scale deployment of smart energy grids.

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The Essential Guide to EV Smart Charging and Smart Energy Management

Driivz

Why Driivz for Smart EV Charging and Smart Energy Management? 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. What is EV Smart Charging?

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It is thought that the cars that Renault is building to function with the Better Place model will have the ability to have its power supply swapped and the newly announced Tesla Model S is said to also incorporate this concept. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.