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Grid up! Regulation rewrite boosts bi-directional charging in Australia to enable V2G, V2H

EV Central

Vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid charging using electric vehicles as battery storage is set to finally get rolling in Australia. That promises to make it easier and more affordable to use the high-voltage battery pack of an EV to power a house and an electric car and return electricity to the grid for profit. and AS4777.2

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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? grid produced in 2020. Can the Power Grid Handle the Growing EV Demand? of what the U.S.

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One electric car owner's experiences in adding solar panels: why, what, and how

Green Car Reports

The purchase of an electric car that plugs into the power grid to recharge its battery often gets drivers thinking about the source of their energy. We haven't seen data from recent years looking at the overlap between electric-car drivers and home solar panels.

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IDTechEx: Nio spearheading battery swapping expansion beyond China

Green Car Congress

These swap stations remain to be seen as a novelty in Europe for the time being but will serve as a complementary public charging solution alongside plug-in infrastructure. This is a unique feature of battery swapping stations that could be exploited in the future to make them act as grid-support units.

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Accenture study finds 60% of consumers would consider plug-in electric vehicles for next car, but charging preferences could challenge utilities; plug-in hybrids preferred over pure EVs

Green Car Congress

Although the average consumer drives no more than 40 miles/60 kilometers (km) per day, 52% of the respondents say that to consider any form of PEV for their next purchase it would need to offer a range of more than 400 km (249 miles). A strong majority (71%) would prefer a plug-in-hybrid to a pure battery-electric vehicle.

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Exploring the Potential Use, Impact and Valuation of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Green Car Congress

A study by Jonn Axsen and Ken Kurani from the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, estimates electricity and gasoline use under three recharging scenarios. Plug and play. Drivers are assumed to immediately plug-in and recharge whenever they are parked within 25 ft of an electrical outlet.

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The Main Types of Electric Car Plugs for Charging Station Connection

EV Connect

The battery is recharged by plugging the car into an EV charging station. But did you know there are different types of electric car plugs, and each one has different capabilities, costs and charging speeds? This is analogous to plugging your phone in. Level 1 charging stations use a 120-volt system. In the U.S.,

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