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The Role of Power Utilities in Turning EVs into a Grid Asset – Part 2

Driivz

Part 1 of this two-part blog discusses the challenges facing electric utilities – both electricity generators and grid operators – with electric vehicle (EV) adoption coinciding with the electrification of buildings, heating, and industry. Balancing the load with managed smart EV charging. Leveraging EVs as grid assets.

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myenergi announces electrifying new partnership with the NHS

My Energi

Working alongside wider sustainability initiatives to decarbonise national operations and reduce energy consumption, the agreement will help to accelerate the NHS’s transition to electrification, while also providing a smart, reliable, future-proof solution to enable staff to charge at home.

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Fact or fiction? Will smart charging save you money 

Wallbox

Fast chargers ace the speed test, charging eight times faster than your standard charger. But smart chargers don´t just walk the walk. They also talk the talk by communicating with your car, home, and electric grid and regulating energy levels into your EV. So, what’s so special about smart chargers, anyway?

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The Future of Charging: Bidirectional V2G

MyEVOnline

After you connect your car’s battery to a DC rapid charging station, AC or alternating current from the grid is converted and stored inside the vehicle in the form of DC or direct current. For this purpose, you either have an AC-DC converter inside the EV or a built-in converter inside the charger.

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myenergi partners with cinch to further accelerate EV adoption

My Energi

zappi is a smart charger with a difference. Grid-compatible as standard, it also has optional charging modes capable of utilising 100% green energy generated by consumers’ own renewable power. This means that drivers can effectively charge their EVs at home for free – zero fossil fuels, zero reliance on the grid.

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Beyond Basics: What Growth-Oriented Providers Should Look for In EV Charging Management Software

Driivz

Future-proofing capabilities include: Configurability to support changing business processes API-based support for your existing business management applications, other solutions, or your own custom-developed tools Vendor-agnostic support for the full range of charger types Open support for industry protocols and standards , such as OCPP 2.0.1

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6 EV Charging Station Management Best Practices

Driivz

Analytics-driven insights you want your management platform to provide include utilization rates for individual charging ports, time-of-day patterns for utilization, types of chargers deployed, geographic coverage, and peak energy requirement for each charging port.