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

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In the United States in 2011, the University of Delaware and the New Jersey–based utility NRG Energy signed a. In recent years, there’s been an uptick in these pilot projects across Europe and the United States, as well as in China, Japan, and South Korea. Their research partnership ran for four years. We Drive Solar.

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

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For its own customers, Teslas sold in Europe have already adopted the CCS plug standard , rather than Tesla's proprietary connector found in America and elsewhere. The report calls for adoption of the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP)—more common in Europe, beginning to gain traction in the U.S.—to to achieve that goal.

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