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AeroVironment licenses PNNL EV smart charger controller technology

Green Car Congress

The PNNL technology tells a vehicle’s battery charger when to start and stop charging based upon existing conditions on the electrical grid. has licensed smart charging controller technology developed at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for incorporation into its charging station equipment.

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Is your smart charger about to become dumb? Don’t get caught out, says myenergi

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With thousands of new EVs hitting the roads this month to coincide with the March plate change, myenergi is recommending that drivers choose carefully when it comes to specifying a future-proof home charger, ensuring that it’s WiFi or ethernet-connected to ensure that it doesn’t ‘go dumb’ in the future.

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BMW, Ford and Honda to create new company focused on optimizing EV grid services: ChargeScape

Green Car Congress

have entered into an agreement to create ChargeScape, LLC, a new equally-owned company that will create a single, cost-effective platform connecting electric utilities, automakers and interested electric vehicle customers. ChargeScape’s platform will give electric utilities access to EV battery energy across a wide pool of EVs.

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myenergis Insight Into the CMA Report and the EV Charging Market

My Energi

Charging at home is even more affordable if a homeowner has solar panels, a smart energy tariff and a genuinely intelligent EV charger ; allowing them them to harness energy when it is at its cheapest and greenest. Smart Charging. Smart charger installation. zappi EV Home Charging Solutions.

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How To Avoid Blackouts And Surprise Energy Bills

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If you don’t, you could get hit with high energy bills, or worse, cause a blackout. Power Boost is a dynamic load management solution that measures your home’s live energy use and automatically adjusts the charge given to your EV in harmony with your power with your local grid’s capacity. Power Boost. How does Power Boost work?

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Will JuiceBox EV chargers be stranded assets as owner shirks support?

Baua Electric

home smart EV chargers Prompted a letter to the FTC, alarm about connected devices relying on company servers If you’ve come to rely on smart EV charging as part of your daily routine, and you have one of the most popular smart chargers in the U.S., Enel X abruptly left the U.S.

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GE and Nissan Get Into Smart Charging

Revenge of the Electric Car

In today’s social-media connected environment, the communication of their perception may impact the overall adoption curve,&# Nielsen said. To avoid taxing the grid, smart-charging equipment could monitor the rate that car batteries are charged or schedule charging for off-peak times.

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