As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain popularity, bidirectional EV charging is emerging as a game-changing technology. This has profound implications not just for the electric vehicle market but for the entire energy system. Far more advanced than a traditional charger, a bidirectional EV charger allows for more than just the charging of your car;…
As a society over the last 100 years or so, we’ve become used to the notion of filling our cars up with gasoline every few days. Now, as we start to make the switch to electric vehicles it’s going to take quite an adjustment to switch that mindset to charging our electric cars with electricity….
Electricity rates have risen dramatically across the United States over the past several months, and they’re expected to do so again. On the other hand, so have gasoline prices. So it’s a good time to ask how much does it cost to charge an electric car and how that cost compares with the cost of…
When President Biden set a goal on Aug 5, 2021, that 50% of all automobiles sold in the US by the end of the decade would be electric cars, it may have seemed like mere Presidential approval for a shift that was already well underway. GM, after all, had announced more than 6 months earlier…
The coming electric vehicle revolution is a call to action for all suburban homeowners. What’s more, it’s a chance at redemption. For decades, those of us who live in America’s suburbs have be lambasted by environmentalists as SUV-driving, resource hogging obstacles to finding a way out of this climate mess. And to be fair, they…
Charging an electric vehicle at home was once as simple as plugging it into a 110 or 220 volt outlet. But a constant stream of technological advances has given us faster charging, smart charging and, most recently, bidirectional charging, which many experts believe is about to become the next big thing for EV owners. In…
With 80% of electric cars being charged at the home of the vehicle’s owner, installing an electric car charger at home will soon become a priority for many suburban homeowners. In this post, we will rank and review the three best electric car chargers on the market in 2022. We’ll look at factors such as…