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

My Energi

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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myenergis Insight Into the CMA Report and the EV Charging Market

My Energi

Without increased scrutiny, there could be further market centralisation, potentially leading to consumers’ homes not being properly future proofed as needed to deliver a truly smart and flexible energy grid. . Smart Charging. Smart charger installation. What is the CMA report?

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged EVs

Emporia Energy, which makes an energy management system for homes and small businesses, has launched a new smart Level 2 charger, and plans to offer bidirectional capability soon. Christian: Now you have a Level 2 EV charger that integrates with your system. It is a Level 2, 48-amp smart charger with a 25-foot cable.

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

Green Car Congress

ChargeScape aims to provide energy management services to help support grid resiliency while looking ahead to the future of V2G capabilities that will benefit both EV customers and electric utilities. This will support the many EV customers who do not use “smart" chargers at home, as their EVs would otherwise be unreachable for grid services.

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Renault shows the future of bidirectional charging

My Energi

Renault recently unveiled a glimpse into the future at this year’s Geneva International Motor Show. While initial reports were quick to praise its French charm, 248-mile driving range and 3D printed customisable accessories, the standard inclusion of an 11kW AC bidirectional charger fell somewhat under the radar. “Of

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Is an EV Home Wall Charger Worth the Investment?

EVolution

While a trickle charger typically adds 7km to 10km of range per hour, a level 2 fast charger can add up to 40km to 50km per hour for single-phase charging, like with the Marvin 7kW EV Charger , or even up to 150km per hour for 3-phase charging with a zappi 22kW smart charger.

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The Future of Charging: Bidirectional V2G

MyEVOnline

Smart charging allows you to control your EV charging by connecting it to a smart device. Hence, you can manage the charging time and rate by using data connections between the smart charger and the EV. Just like V2G, the Vehicle to Home or V2H uses built-in converters in bidirectional chargers to convert AC to DC.

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