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Using Telematics to Induce EV Drivers to Charge
With telematics, you also get really good location data. And that's pretty important because similar to some other technologies in this kind of clean energy space such as rooftop solar, there's a social contagion element to electric vehicles. So the idea here is broadly speaking, we've grids big idea is going to take all this information we have via telematics and use it to induce EV drivers to charge at particular times and places. The danger of wildfire inspired outages is a real selling point for this product. It gives EV drivers even extra incentive and impetus to be aware of the state of charge and when they're charging and where they're charging.
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