Transportation Electrification Archives

A Dynamic Look at The EV ADR Study revelations and the road ahead

The PG&E EV ADR Study revealed several considerations and priority areas that the industry as a whole, will need to focus on for optimizing the use of EVs as a grid resource in the next five years. These factors are especially relevant for activating residential...

A Dynamic Look at EV managed charging and grid resource potential

Article, Transportation Electrification

Opinion Dynamics conducted a technology field test with two vendors that control chargers directly (ChargePoint® and Enel X®) and one vendor that leverages vehicle telematics to control EV charging (Geotab Energy®). The vendors responded to events called during the...

A Dynamic Look at Customers’ Perceptions of EV Managed Charging

Article, Transportation Electrification

Opinion Dynamics conducted a field test in the summer of 2021 to test EV charging controls in Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) service territory – currently the largest EV market in the US. We recruited 212 EV owners and called 10 EV DR events. After the...