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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

EV Connect

In light of last year’s Inflation Reduction Act and the NEVI program, new data from BloomberNEF predicts that EV sales will make up more than 50% of car purchases by 2030. Can the power grid actually handle that many electric cars? The Edison Electric Institute forecasts that there will be 26.4 grid produced in 2020.

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Pike Research says lack of technical standards could hinder utilities’ readiness for EVs; forecasts $5.1B in spending from 2010-2015 on EV IT systems

Green Car Congress

While plug-in electric vehicles will not threaten the integrity of the power grid as a whole, they will have an immediate local impact on neighborhood distribution infrastructure. The report examines the information and communications systems for EV enablement within the utility grid infrastructure.

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