Grid Maintenance Neighborhood Organization 
Green Car Congress
APRIL 30, 2013
Standardizing PEV batteries could reduce the purchase and ownership costs of PEVS, as well as addressing additional consumer issues such as maintenance and safety. The stored, compressed air will be used to generate electricity on an “on demand” basis to meet the facility’s needs, including periods of high demand or grid outages.
Cars That Think
JULY 20, 2021
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. And it slowed urgent repair and maintenance of the power grid, with work crews having to practice social distancing due to the pandemic.
Charged EVs
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
If someone only spends $100 with me yearly to charge their vehicle at one of my high-speed chargers, I’m still probably going to see in the neighborhood of an additional $400 or $500 in home charging. The anti-EV crowd is fond of saying that EVs are going to “crash the grid.” So it becomes a long time before it starts to tax the grid.
Charged EVs
AUGUST 4, 2023
All the standards organizations are running behind. One of the things that standards organizations do is try and make it about the interface and about the performance rather than the actual design, so that there’s some freedom for companies to find a base for competition. Also, it’s a maintenance issue. Geoff Schwartz: Yes.
Charged EVs
AUGUST 17, 2022
A lot of people don’t understand how that can be, but if you think about the topology of a charger, there’s the power electronics that are connected to the grid—that’s where the cabinet is—then there’s a cable going from there to where the vehicle is, and then there’s vehicle coupling. There’s ease of operations, ease of maintenance benefits.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 26, 2021
It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. The cost of electricity, the cost of gasoline, how many miles, how much maintenance, etc.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 26, 2021
It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And the estimate was that about 80 percent of all the miles covered by Volt came from grid power, not from gasoline. The cost of electricity, the cost of gasoline, how many miles, how much maintenance, etc.
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