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EPA issues RFI on end-of-life management of batteries

Green Car Congress

This includes lithium-based, nickel-metal hydride, and other battery chemistries, as well as all battery types, such as small consumer batteries, large format batteries (including electric vehicles and grid energy storage), and industrial batteries used in manufacturing, commercial businesses, and healthcare operations.

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Honda joins vehicle-to-grid technology demonstration project in partnership with University of Delaware and NRG Energy

Green Car Congress

Honda has joined a demonstration project for experimental vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology aimed at providing a potentially valuable energy storage resource to the electrical grid while providing for more cost-effective ownership of plug-in electric vehicles. What grid markets are suitable or not suitable for battery life?

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California, 7 states and DC commit to faster transition to zero-emission trucks and buses; next step is formal agreement

Green Car Congress

California is joining with seven other states and the District of Columbia in committing to develop an action plan to put hundreds of thousands more zero-emission trucks and buses on their roads and highways.

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U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

Green Car Congress

When anticipated improvements to electric vehicles and future electrical-grid decarbonization are factored in, a fully electric USPS delivery fleet would result in up to 63% lower greenhouse gas emissions than the agency estimated, over the lifetime of the fleet. The agency later pledged to electrify at least 40% of its new delivery fleet.

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States, Cities sue EPA over Clean Power Plan rollback

Green Car Reports

The power grid that electric vehicles plug into will get cleaner over time. A lawsuit filed Tuesday by 22 states and seven cities, in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, aims to.

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Average Price for Residential Electricity Less Than 15¢/kWh In 2021 In Most US States

CleanTechnica EVs

Although the emphasis is often put on those states with the highest electricity prices, most states (38 states plus the District of Columbia) had average residential electricity prices of less […].

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Efficiency can cut EV prices by $5k, charging costs by nearly a third

Baua Electric

That means drivers can spend less time charging—potentially helping to quell range anxiety—and there is less demand on the grid. Purchase incentives could also be scaled based on efficiency, and registration fees could be based on vehicle weight, as is currently the case in Oklahoma and the District of Columbia, the paper suggests.