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A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid

GreenBiz

A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid. How will the electrical grid handle so many vehicles charging at once? Especially when fast-charging stations gulp down prodigious amounts of power? You can shift a lot of the electric vehicle charging to line up with those times," Langton said.

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Electric vehicles balance the grid in UK for first time

Smart Energy International

Electric cars are balancing supply and demand on the UK power grid for the first time in a trial hosted by National Grid ESO and Octopus Energy. The technology automatically adjusts the charging schedule of the car in response to the ESO requests for more or less power.

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Canada allows DC fast chargers to bill by energy usage instead of charging time

Charged

Public chargers can be set up to bill customers according the time they spend plugged in (by the minute), or according to the actual amount of energy dispensed (by the kWh). And of course, it will be up to charging providers to decide whether they want to switch to usage-based pricing. Some questions remain.

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When smart meters save money – and the overheating planet | Letters

The Guardian: Energy

Michael Wilkinson has had a good experience using a smart meter when charging his electric car and using a heat pump. In combination with our electric vehicle charger, the smart meter allows us to automatically charge our car at times when there is less demand on the grid and higher renewable-energy generation.

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London sees 60 percent spike in e-bike fires

Envirotec Magazine

These dangers are also present in electric car batteries. Key to addressing this risk is proper EV battery maintenance and effective health monitoring technologies. Protecting against thermal runaway in electric vehicle batteries is crucial to helping keep people safe. “As

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Jamaica reaches 75% smart meter coverage

Smart Energy International

Jamaica Public Service Company has reported that 520,000 smart meters were installed at the end of January, corresponding to about 75% of the customer base. The rollout, launched in 2015, has seen a J$14 billion (US$90 million) investment as part of the initiative to modernise the electricity network and improve the customer experience.

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Ecuador advances smart metering

Smart Energy International

Ecuadorian power companies plan to instal over 44,000 smart meters and associated infrastructure over the next three years. Ecuador to boost private sector investment in electric vehicles AMI to influence utility cybersecurity spend for 1.3 billion electricity meters. million regulated electricity customers.