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

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Their initial idea was that garaged vehicles would have a two-way computer-controlled connection to the electric grid, which could receive power from the vehicle as well as provide power to it. And Utrecht city officials want to get ahead of demand for greener transportation solutions. Kempton and Letendre’s. We Drive Solar.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Indeed, adopting electric vehicles will go a long way in helping to improve environmental outcomes. But EVs come with important weaknesses, and so people shouldn’t count on them alone to do the job, even for the transportation sector. And only 3 percent of the new vehicles sold were fully electric.