If you're considering buying an electric vehicle (EV), there are two critical units of measurement that you'll need to know: kW (kilowatt) and kWh (kilowatt-hour). Understanding these two related ...

The science and infrastructure that bring nonstop electricity to our homes is something most of us don't think much about, much less talk about. But if you're consulting with solar companies about ...

So you’re considering an electric car – say, for example, the Nissan Leaf Plus. It has a 160-kW electric motor, a 62-kWh lithium-ion battery, 6.6-kW onboard charger, it fast-charges up to 100 kW, has ...

Have you ever looked at your utility bill and thought, “What is 1 kWh? How much electricity am I actually using?” A kilowatt hour (kWh) is just that – a measurement of how much energy an appliance, ...

In many states, up until now, the Electrify America network has been an outlier. In states where electric vehicle drivers are accustomed to being billed by the kilowatt-hour—for the energy they put ...

Let’s imagine that an aluminum manufacturer is eyeing two locations to build a new factory. In location A, an industrial kilowatt hour (kWh) is priced at 4.21 cents, whereas in location B, it goes for ...

Lithium-ion batteries don’t like to be fully charged or discharged—it tends to shorten their life, and manufacturers have instituted margins that are in place to prevent this accelerated degradation.

Could a single mile of road change the way electric vehicles are built? Florida’s State Road 516 pilot project suggests it ...

There’s a lot we don’t know about real-world EV range. Ever since I started driving a 238-mile Chevrolet Bolt, my third electric vehicle, I haven’t given much thought to driving range. I began leasing ...

Mango Power announced that its new Mango Power M home battery solution is now available to U.S. installers, adding a new lithium-ferro-phosphate (LFP) battery option for rooftop solar owners to choose ...