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ChargEVC: New Jersey plug-in electric vehicle registration up 79% for MY 2016 vehicles over 2015

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These statistics include full-scale vehicles with a plug (plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles) and do not include smaller neighborhood electric vehicles, natural gas fueled vehicles, or traditional hybrids (without a plug). Interest in these cars is growing. —Pam Frank, CEO of ChargEVC.

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How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis

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There are technical reasons that contributed to faster repairs in Manhattan, but in general the neighborhoods that waited the longest to have their power restored tended to be poorer and less white. This strategy would correct an endemic imbalance that puts greater stressors on less affluent neighborhoods and the electricity vulnerable.

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Lux Research: self-driving cars will lead to a $87B opportunity in 2030, but fall short of full Level 4 autonomy; software leads

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billion opportunities in 2020, respectively, due to Level 2 cars, Lux forecasts. The car would then safely proceed at low speed around the neighborhood, looking for available parking spots. Autonomous driving Forecasts' Optical cameras and radar sensors will amount to $8.7-billion billion and $5.9-billion

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Siemens researching use of infrastructure radar sensor networks to support parking management

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Because the new parking management system can integrate a variety of sensor types and technologies, it can adapt itself to the specific requirements of every neighborhood. For example, it navigates drivers to unoccupied parking spaces not only on the basis of real-time data, but also on computed forecasts.

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IBM, Honda, and PG&E partner on smarter charging for EVs; utilities to communicate charging instructions directly based on grid conditions

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Additionally, the IBM EV platform can collate historical EV charging data and create a profile that can be used to forecast the location and duration of EV charge loads. For example, the program can determine how many EVs are plugged in one neighborhood and the time it will take for each to reach a full charge.

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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

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The Edison Electric Institute forecasts that there will be 26.4 million it forecasted in 2018. neighborhoods and business districts. These developments mean we’re headed toward a radically different reality for our roads. Today, there are roughly 1.7 million EVs in the U.S. million by 2030, up from the original 18.4

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NY Governor Cuomo announces “Make-Ready” program for EV charging stations; >20K EV rebates approved

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An EV charging infrastructure forecast would require electric utilities to identify locations suitable for electric vehicle supply equipment and infrastructure siting, and to proactively educate developers on synergistic cost-saving opportunities.

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