Electrek

MARCH 30, 2024

Vietnam has millions of e-scooters and an unstable power supply. One might think that these two things signal trouble when put together, but here’s how some Vietnamese are using their e-scooters to improve stability of the electrical grid and help small businesses avoid blackouts.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

Gurugram-headquartered Tier-1 major Uno Minda Group has entered into a technical license agreement with China’s StarCharge Energy, which is a key player in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and micro-grid solutions.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

While demand remained largely concentrated in China, Europe, and the US, growth also picked up in some emerging markets such as Vietnam and Thailand, where electric cars accounted for 15% and 10%, respectively, of all cars sold. Last year, global electric car sales soared by 35% to almost 14 million.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For instance, a deadly building fire in Hanoi, Vietnam, in September reportedly became the subject of unsubstantiated rumors. The report addresses concerns over the ability of the world’s grid infrastructure to stay ahead of demand as more vehicles depend on it for propulsive energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Most notably, Vietnam, South Africa, Mexico and Morocco led the rankings with a combined investment of $16 billion in 2018. Despite the spike in coal-fired generation, the pace of new coal capacity added to grids in developing nations is slowing, according to Climatescope. —Luiza Demôro, project manager for BloombergNEF.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Avoiding new coal-fired power plants and accelerated phasing out of existing plants—while ensuring careful handling of issues such as employment, investor interests and grid stability—would help the emissions picture. There are an estimated 6,683 operating coal-fired power plants in the world, with a combined capacity of 1,964 GW.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

IEA states that cities that started adopting EVs early may also face electricity grid congestion as electricity infrastructure catches up to the new level of electricity demand. Many countries in Southeast Asia like Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are taking steps to promote sales of EVs.

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