off-peak time

基本解釋

Nissan says as well as its potential use in blackouts, the car can be charged during night time off-peak hours and the electricity used by households during high-demand periods.
日產汽車指出該款汽車不僅可以在停電時充當電源，用戶同樣可以在夜間非高峰時段給汽車充電以保證白天用電高峰期的電力供應。
"Rate design to encourage off-peak charging, coupled with time-of-use rates, and smart grid/advanced metering initiatives, would facilitate favorable charging behavior," it said.
報告還認為“通過價格機能、時段收費、和智能電網/先進測量方案來鼓勵在低谷時段充電，培養(yǎng)適宜的充電行為”。
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In this paper a congestion pricing problem for two time periods(peak and off-peak) and two travel modes(car and transit) on one-way road is analyzed.
本文分析多種出行方式的單向道路，在高峰和前高峰兩個時間段下?lián)頂D定價的問題。

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