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"RENAULT'S CHARGING TECHNOLOGY WILL HELP SMOOTH. QUT PEAKS IN ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION" LesEchos “T'S AWIN-WIN-WIN.THE GRD STAYS STABLE “RENAULT AND THE CITY OF UTRECHT LAUNCH EUROPE'S “RENAULT AND MYWHEELS USE AND THE PLANET BREATHES EASIER” FIRST V2G ENABLED CAR-SHARING SERVICE" ELECTRIC CARS AS SUPER BATTERIES" i BUSINESS Forbes Automotive World sUSINESS PERSE «ener ized “with thisinitiative, we're showing how shared mobility and smart technology can work jether to accelerate the energy transition” EVAOOSTERS - ALDERMAN UTRECHT e ENVIRONMENT AND EMISSION-FREE MOBILITY ° e Background é Inthe Netherlands, the power gridis under pressure: Renault launches Utrecht Energized, > Renault MyWheels, and We Drive Solar collaborate tolaunch the project during the day, we generate too much sustainable ‘an innovative project that Usesa fleet | With 500 shored’Renault 5 vehicles across the city of Utrecht. city where over ‘energy through solar panels and wind turbines, of 500 shared cars to help balar 190,000 households and businesses are directly affected by grid congestion. while in the evening, demand becomes too high: the power grid in Utrecht, The cars re located in both central and underserved neighborhoods to ensure This imbalance increases the risk of outages ‘equal access. Together, the fleet provides the needed flexibility in the Utrecht and even delays new housing projects in cities, The 52kWh batteries in the cars connect region to shift solar and wind energy from day to night. like Utrecht to the grid and can either charge or discharge based on real-time energy demand, The new Renault 5 is equipped with Vehicle-to-Grid helping Utrecht become the first city 190,000 500 7M 100.000 WE DRIVE StXLAR myuwheels (V26) technology, allowing the car not only to charge, in the world with a large-scale bidirectional households benefiting but also to return energy to the grid when needed, car-sharing network. kWh returned cars the coming tothegrid fromastabilisedenergy grid months