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Tesla Model 3 production, self-driving car pros for electric cars, and battery power grid backups: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Self-driving cars will provide numerous benefits to electric cars. PG&E partners with Tesla to provide power grid backups. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. In the last week of June, Tesla built 5,000 Model 3 electric cars—a. Tesla Model 3 production reaches a milestone.

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Electric cars could ‘overload power grid’ warns French energy firm

Green Cars News

No sooner has it launched than the Renault ZOE electric car is being blamed with threatening France’s power grid. In an article in the Daily Mail today, there is a stark warning from the head of R&D at French power infrastructure firm RTE, that the rising prominence of electric cars on the road could put [.].

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Lucid Air timeline, Nissan electric future, Bolt EV deals: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Why did our power grid get cleaner than expected in 2019? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 17, 2020. debut of the Nissan Ariya concept, in Las Vegas at CES, Green Car Reports sampled the e-4orce twin-motor and.

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The Many Benefits of V2G Charging

EV Connect

Drivers are only beginning to tap into another big benefit: vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging. This technology has huge potential upsides not only for EV drivers but also for businesses and even the entire electrical grid. What Is Vehicle-to-Grid Charging? News and World Report - Is Vehicle-to-Grid Charging the Way of the Future?

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Denmark to examine vehicle to grid technology

Green Cars News

The Technical University of Denmark will look into vehicle to grid operation after AC Propulsion delivered its eBox to its research team.

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Researchers to explore electric car impact on grid

Green Cars News

Scientists at the University of Notre Dame are exploring how the wider use of electric cars will impact on US’ power grid.

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Grid balancing could earn electric car users cash

Green Cars News

Technology allowing the UK’s power grid to balance the additional demand caused by a rising use of electric cars would correct only 6 per cent of the additional imbalance in supply and demand by 2020, a study released today concludes.

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