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Mitsubishi Electric’s new energy-management technology optimizes EVs as storage batteries; tests in China

Green Car Congress

By optimizing the schedules for not only charging EVs but also discharging their power back into the company, as well as optimizing the operation of PV and other power-generation systems according to the fluctuating unit price of electricity sold on the grid, Mitsubishi Electric’s new system enables companies to reduce their electric-power costs.

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Testing EV power for homes

Electric Auto Association

The descriptive article GM and PG&E to test how EVs can power homes during blackouts provides several jumping-off points for your independent investigation. The average 250-mile range battery packs for EVs today have the capacity to power a household when the power grid fails.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

Slashing gas storage facilities. No new nuclear power plants operational. Additional fees and charges added to electricity prices. Implementing a price cap for retailers. Rush to implement Green Power. The unit cost of Gas in the UK is 4 times the price of US Gas. – Price of bread. Outlawing fracking.

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ZENN to acquire 51% of EEStor; most recent 3rd-party testing of EESU problematic

Green Car Congress

will acquire a 51% controlling stake in its energy storage technology partner EEStor for staged cash payments totaling $1 million, and then reorganize the board and management of EEStor. ZENN has advanced EEStor $50,000 of the purchase price on the signing of the Investment Agreement which will be converted to EEStor shares if closing occurs.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

EVs are Better for the Grid Electric vehicles are essentially mobile power storage that can get us where we need to go. It also protects drivers from the price volatility at the pump. EVs are Fun to Drive Whereas much of the power in gas vehicles is lost as heat energy, (ever open the hood of a hot car?)

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Enabling Electric Vehicle Charging in Condominiums

Wallbox

This turns EV batteries into a source for power storage that can be leveraged to balance energy capacity in your condo. Most EV charger providers can walk you through exact price breakdowns on their website. For instance, tenants could charge their EVs during off-peak hours (i.e. Money, money, money: figuring out the costs.

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What does 2023 have in store for electric vehicles?

Blink Charging

While it is difficult to make an exact forecast for how much EV ownership will grow in 2023, we feel confident in saying that it will continue to creep up as gas prices are likely to stay high, EV charging infrastructure will continue to expand, batteries will likely continue to improve, and EV prices will likely continue to drop.

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