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Charging
Germany's meter rules now count power a parked EV sends back
On 1 October 2026 Germany's network regulator adopted MiSpeL, rules for counting electricity that storage and bidirectional chargers send back. The flat-rate option still waits on European state-aid approval.
Battery Technology
A thousand frames a second: Fraunhofer's X-ray rig watches a large EV cell fail
Fraunhofer EMI and PowerCo can image a large prismatic cell at 1,000 frames per second during thermal runaway, bringing a technique previously used at specialist facilities closer to routine industrial testing.
Grid & Energy
California wants 9 GW from parked EVs. Germany is selling the kit
GridLab says 10 percent of California's projected EV fleet could cover a third of the state's 2036 long-duration storage target. The cars that can actually export still come as a branded charger, tariff and app.