EV Charging And The Grid — The Truth Is Out There
“EV charging will crash the grid,” Henny Penny cried. “We must run and tell the king!” EV FUD is everywhere. Here’s the truth.
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NFI Expands Class 8 Electric Truck Fleet in Southern California Through the JETSI Project
In Southern California, NFI, one of the biggest and oldest third-party supply chain solutions providers in the country, is growing its fleet of Class 8 battery-electric trucks (BETs) as a part of the Joint Electric Truck Scaling Initiative (JETSI) initiative. NFI will deploy and operate 30 electric Freightliner eCascadias and … [continued]
Are Electric Cars Lowering Energy Bills In California?
People are often scared of change, and look for reasons to justify not wanting to change. This has certainly been the case with electric vehicles for the past decade. There are so many misperceptions and there are so many misleading attacks on electric vehicles. At the same time, across the … [continued]
SCE Launches Program to Install 38,000 EV Charging Stations in Southern California
Charge Ready is the largest utility-run electric passenger vehicle charging infrastructure program in the nation.
5 Facts About Energy Storage that Every Californian Should Know
If you aren’t already paying attention to energy storage, you should be.
USA’s $100 Million Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plan
The US Energy Dept. is aiming a green hydrogen fuel cell truck mashup straight at the heart of coal, oil, and natural gas.
Newsom Signs Law to Clean California Air Inside & Out of School
Governor Newsom signed into law a bill authored by Assemblymember Phil Ting that will make the air safer to breathe and the water safer to drink in public schools, while reducing energy bills. It also accelerates the installation of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles needed to combat the largest source of air pollution …
Strata Solar Replaces Peaker Plants With Massive New Tesla-Powered Energy Storage Facility
Strata Solar announced this week it has completed the pre-construction development work on one of the largest stationary energy storage facilities in the US . The new 100-megawatt, 400-megawatt-hour facility will be installed in Ventura County…
Southern California Edison Signs Up For 770 Megawatts Of New Grid-Scale Energy Storage
Southern California Edison, with 15 million customers, is adding 770 MW of battery storage to increase the dispatchability of renewable energy in its service area.
Electric Trucks, Buses, & Fast Chargers Need Innovative Electricity Rates From Utilities
Charging an electric truck or bus at a fleet depot — or an electric car at an apartment, workplace, or a public fast-charging station — should be far cheaper than filling up on gasoline or diesel. Unfortunately, that’s often not the case at sites that receive electricity under utility rates designed for commercial buildings and industrial operations that don’t reflect the flexible nature of electric vehicle (EV) charging. Fortunately, a newly-released report explains how utilities can remedy that mismatch by offering rates designed for commercial EV charging.
