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AeroVironment licenses PNNL EV smart charger controller technology

Green Car Congress

The Grid Friendly EV Charger Controller technology notifies the car’s battery charger when to start and stop charging based upon existing conditions on the electrical grid. By charging plug-ins when electricity is most readily available, the technology could translate into lower bills for vehicle owners and a more stable grid.

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

Green Car Congress

ChargeScape will enable the smart use of plugged-in EV batteries by securely providing energy data to electric utilities and system operators such as aggregated demand response, alignment of charging and EV battery utilization with off-peak, low-cost hours and the availability of high renewable energy.

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

Charged EVs

Total control of power usage: from solar to EV and back to the house. Once an EV can double as a stationary storage device, it will take its place as part of an energy ecosystem that includes rooftop solar and energy management—and could even become a source of revenue for owners and a valuable grid-balancing resource for utilities.

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AMPLY Power offers EV fleets guaranteed uptime and zero charging challenges

Charged EVs

During previous tech revolutions, third-party contractors emerged to provide turnkey services to companies for things like data centers and solar installations. You would have a solar developer figure out all that for you and install it, and for large enough deployments, you would do a 20-year solar PPA.

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What is Demand Response?

Driivz

However, with the growth in renewable energy sources , utilities are exploring demand flexibility aimed at increasing consumption at times when solar or wind energy is abundant. EV owners can install smart chargers at home and capture savings through participating in a utility’s Demand Response program for EV charging.