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Buses powered by Octillion batteries reach 20M kilometers driven; Caspian pack

Green Car Congress

The company has operations in 16 locations in Asia, Europe, and North America, with a global workforce of more than 400 employees. Using Octillion’s battery management system (BMS), Caspian packs can be connected in parallel without need for a junction box. The Caspian pack is durable, with more than 3,000 expected life cycles.

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NIO and Lotus announce plans to co-develop unified battery standards, charging, and swaps

Baua Electric

In addition to all-electric supercars, Lotus Technology has introduced its own line of DC fast chargers that are liquid-cooled and can deliver rates up to 450 kW – no easy task. To date, the supercar developer has delivered three BEV models: The Emeya , Evija, and Eletre SUV, which just opened up sales in North America.

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Improve EV charging ROI and customer experience by choosing the right fast chargers

Charged EVs

Some charging operators assume they need the highest-power DC chargers available, but it makes more sense to choose the right power levels for the use case of each specific charging site. Shortly after that, your focus seemed to shift to DC fast chargers. Then they got involved in developing the first DC fast charger.

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Mercedes-Benz EQC electric crossover makes US debut at CES 2019

Green Car Congress

EQ also offers comprehensive services with Mercedes me connect, which makes electric mobility convenient and suitable for everyday driving. In the EQC the powerpacks are isolated by rubber mounts at two points: where the powerpack connects to its subframe and where the subframe connects to the body.

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Volkswagen of America unveils the 2021 ID.4 electric SUV

Green Car Congress

4 can be charged with both alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) fast-charging capability. At a DC fast-charging station, with 125 kW charging, the ID.4 4 offers standard wireless mobile charging, wireless App-Connect, and Volkswagen Car-Net with in-car WiFi capability when you subscribe to a data plan.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

You could do V2G through the DC port of the vehicle—this is what we are doing with school buses here in California, where our charging station converts AC to DC and then connects to the DC port of the vehicle to provide power. On the DC side, we are rolling out a charging station right now with Rhombus.

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Wireless vs. wired 

Electric Auto Association

With EVs now shipping across Asia with wireless charging installed, the availability of videos demonstrating the process ( Hyundai Genesis GV60 , FAW HongQi E-HS9, and our own WiTricity Halo™ wireless charging upgrades to come, “realness” isn’t really in question.

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