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4620 News Roundup
News (from the Communications Committee) News Roundup (from management) There are several well-known drawback to the use of Sway for the 4620 News Roundup. Among these are the fact that there is currently no way to check for all back copies — it is necessary to go back through the emails to find them. This…
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4620 Building Calender
5/8/2025 Thursday 11:00 PM – 6:00 AM 5/7/2025 Wednesday Special Village Council Meeting (via Zoom)DateMay 7, 2025Time6:00 pm – 7:00 pmThe Friendship Heights Village Council will host a special meeting via Zoom on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Representatives from Clark Azar will present their Page Park Concept Plan to achieve ADA compliance…
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EV chargers aren’t chargers
We call them EV chargers, but they really aren’t. Here’s a good article that explains what’s going on. (No endorsement of the ad at the end is intended!) https://solusgrp.com/blog/post/what-is-an-ev-onboard-charger-and-how-does-it-work-with-evse.html?srsltid=AfmBOor61QpByHt2nBKjI96cx7JjxJ0VZ1GRNvh0qB8wDt4HgXvYdvW-&utm_source=chatgpt.com
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We’re charging our vehicles wrong
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ev-charging-2671242103 This is an article from IEEE Spectrum, but what I think may surprise many of us here is to discover that for Level 2 chargers, the actual charger is in the car. The top diagram is for a Level-2 charger (240V AC) such as we would have in our building. The bottom is for…
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Electric car charger fire damages home in Odenton
https://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/electric-car-fire-destroys-home-odenton-maryland
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Recycling at 4620
Book recycling This is from the September 2 2022 4620 News Roundup: ‘If you plan to recycle your books, please bring them to the G3 cardboard dumpster so that porters do not need to lift them out of the recycling bins.’ From an email from Sonya on 2025-04-24: To recycle books, ‘Please place them right…
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Calendar event utility
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‘Huge Fire Sparked by a Mercedes-Benz EV Adds to Safety Concerns Dogging Industry’
The following article is from the Wall Street Journal. You can access it for free using a Montgomery County Public Library account. https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/huge-fire-sparked-by-a-mercedes-benz-ev-adds-to-safety-concerns-dogging-industry-8143d058?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1 Alternatively you can access it it you have an Apple News subscription at https://apple.news/ALceicvMiSaSLY-q8Y0biRw
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“I thought Electric Cars Were the Future. I Changed My Mind” – Sabine Hossenfelder
For the short and medium term, hybrids are the future (obviously).
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Summary of Maryland Right to Charge law
This is taken from the Technology Committee’s minutes for 2021-06-28. Requirements under 2021 MD HB110/SB144 (“Right to charge”) Condo owner Board Must agree, in writing, to comply with relevant building codes and with safety standards to maintain the safety of all users of the common area and architectural standards, engage a licensed contractor, and pay…