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Smart charging could help grid cope with rising electric vehicle ownership

Electric Nation team responds to media reports about boom in EV sales

Mark Moran
14 July 2017
An electric vehicle can more than double the demand on the local electricity network from a home when charging at peak times. Could smart charging can provide a solution to this challenge?
An electric vehicle can more than double the demand on the local electricity network from a home when charging at peak times. Could smart charging can provide a solution to this challenge?

 

Electric cars have been making headlines in recent weeks. This month has seen France announce that it s banning petrol and diesel cars by 2040, Volvo planning to sell only electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2019, and Tesla announcing that its Model 3 mass-market electric car has started rolling off production lines. There have been many subsequent articles in the media about whether the UK’s electricity grid can cope with increasing numbers of EVs.

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