I’m pleased that my Clean Energy Today podcast interview with Steve Letendre about policies needed to accelerate bidirectional charging was named Best of LinkedIn–Electrification and Battery Technology.
You can listen to the interview here: To Accelerate Bidirectional Charging, Overcome One-Way Rules with These Policy Ideas.
Millions of people are driving electric vehicles (EV) which, with bidirectional charging, can provide value to the electrical grid and back up homes and businesses during outages.
What’s standing in the way of unlocking these benefits? Letendre, an energy economist, senior advisor to the Vehicle-Grid Integration Council and the founder and editor of V2G News, says bidirectional charging technology is trapped behind one-way rules. He offers policy ideas that could advance bidirectional charging.
This is the second time my work has been recognized as Best of LinkedIn.
A year ago, my story about GM Energy’s bidirectional charging program was also named Best of LinkedIn, Electrification and Battery Technology.
Here’s the story: GM Energy Targets Outage-Prone Communities for its Bidirectional EV Marketing
The story focuses on how GM Energy is banking on selling customers–especially those subject to frequent outages– on the stacked incentives available in certain outage-prone areas, especially Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) territory.
My latest Clean Energy Today podcast is also about EVs. What are the factors–including temperature, altitude, wind, sun and road conditions–that affect EV range? I was surprised to learn just how much these issues can lower the number of miles that an EV can go on one charge. Listen: What Factors Increase or Decrease EV Range?
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