Electric Vehicles and Power Outages

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By Sarah LozanovaMar 2, 2020, 5:00 am213 pts
Last year’s planned power outages to prevent wildfires in Northern California highlighted a critical issue for electric vehicle (EV) owners. An unstable power grid makes it difficult to charge vehicles. Given that nearly half of U.S. EVs are in California, the issue gained widespread attention. EVs have been…

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