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SoCal Edison white paper shares data about PEV usage and charging

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The paper, “Charged Up: Southern California Edison’s Key Learnings about Electric Vehicles, Our Customers and Grid Reliability,” shares information based on customer data and utility operations gathered since SCE began to prepare the distribution system and its customers for widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption in its service territory.

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A Comprehensive Guide to EV Charging Management Software Solution

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This software facilitates installing new charging stations, managing charging sessions, regulating draw from the grid, handling different billing scenarios and processing payment for charging, and most importantly, ensuring a seamless user experience for EV drivers regardless of locale or currency.

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Why Electric Buses Are the Healthy School Choice

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What makes school bus fumes especially dangerous is that they often end up making their way into the vehicle cabins , schoolyards and playgrounds, and residential neighborhoods. One upcoming technology, Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G or VTG), may allow electric bus fleets to send electricity back to the utility grid during peak energy events.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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He or she should be prepared to work closely with primary contacts at the electric utility, perhaps multiple government agencies, any contractors hired to upgrade electric service or install charging equipment, and more. Charging infrastructure installs vary, a lot. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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Infrastructure, recharging and business models. The impact from plug-in electric vehicles on the grid could be very substantial. One the issues for PG&E is the impact of peak demand on the grid. During the question and answer session, Darbee said that utilities have to “ walk before we run ” with the smart grid.

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

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Since 2010, OUC, a municipally-owned public utility, has installed hundreds of public charging stations, some powered by solar arrays. For instance, in our jurisdiction, to install electric vehicle infrastructure, we don’t have to obtain approval from the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC), whereas Duke and Florida Power & Light do.

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Solar Mobile EV Charging Station along Highway can really help!

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Most EVs are hampered from driving long distances by the gap between charging stations and the time it takes to recharge their batteries, which have limited range. You have to drive through strange neighborhoods and try to locate chargers in vast parking lots where GPS is known to drop out of service.

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