EVs add to electricity demand, but not as much as you might think

California recently asked homeowners to reduce electricity consumption to help avoid blackouts as temperatures soared and the power system struggled to keep up. The plea was effective, with consumers temporarily dialing back demand enough to keep the lights on across the state. But these sorts of close calls are the stuff of nightmares for system operators, and this specific brush with near-disaster had a new element that caught a lot of attention: a call to electric vehicle owners to avoid charging during peak demand hours.

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Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 (G85SB) – Samsung S34BG85 – goes official

The Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 a.k.a. Samsung S34BG85 is now official after its debut at the IFS 2022 in Berlin. This is the company’s first OLED gaming monitor with a 34-inch diagonal size and an ultra-slim profile – 3.9 mm at the thinnest point. It has an ultra-wide QHD resolution (3440 x 1440), 1800R curvature, and 99.3% DCI-P3 color space coverage. Moreover, the OLED monitor is VESA DisplayHDR…

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