Electrification 101: How RMI's New Tool Can Help Utilities Proactively Plan for EVs

23 Jan 2024 | Abstracted from 3BL Media

"By 2030, we expect to see fully electrified fleets and, by 2035, EV’s comprising 100 percent of vehicles sales in some states...Understandably, we have not built today’s US electric grid to rapidly replace the fossil fuel-based vehicle fueling infrastructure.

RMI's "GridUp tool will forecast energy and power demand from electric vehicles, enabling utilities and regulators to proactively prepare the grid for the growth in EVs."

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