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Porsche and Frauscher developing electric sports boat; PPE drive technology

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Porsche and the Frauscher Shipyard in Austria are developing an electric yacht—the Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air—that is intended to set standards on the water with its typical Porsche E-Performance. With the 800-volt technology from Porsche, the electric boat can be charged at DC fast-charging stations.

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Charged and umlaut continue partnership on 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark

Charged EVs

For the second year in a row, Charged has partnered with the global engineering and consulting firm umlaut to test and compare the user experience at the top DC fast charging networks and bring you the 2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Benchmark. Its methodology is respected as the de facto industry standard.

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Volkswagen runs XL1 and e-up! at Silvretta E-Car Rally

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battery electric vehicle ( earlier post ) at this year’s Silvretta E-Car Rally in Austria. can be charged with 2.3 kW plugged into any standard 230V socket, with 3.6 kW via a home-installed wall box or with up to 40 kW plugged into a DC fast-charging station via the optional CSS (combined charging system).

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Pre-series-production eActros 300 Tractor drives 3,000 km from Germany to Turkey for testing

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Test engineers chose a route across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria for the trip. The batteries of all the electric trucks were only charged at publicly available charging stations throughout the tour.

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2020 EV Charging Infrastructure Best-in-Test: Rating the DC fast charging user experience

Charged EVs

If EVs are to replace fossil-fuel vehicles, they need to be able to make long highway trips, which means that DC fast charging needs to be reliable, convenient, affordable and ubiquitous. How do the various public fast charging networks compare in terms of reliability, convenience, coverage and price?

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E-Motor Enables Chain-Free Bike-by-Wire

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The pedals turn the crank running through a standard brushless DC machine inside: fixed coil copper windings around an iron core are arranged within the cylinder as the generator stator. Magnets in the turning rotor create the current. Each hub can each generate 113 newton-meters of torque on the axle, powering it ahead.

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Volta trucks to enter US market with Class 7 electric truck in LA by end of next year

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The vehicle is designed to accept both AC and DC 250 kW fast charging, which delivers a full charge from empty in just over an hour. Alternatively, one hour of 19 kW AC standard charging will add around 12 miles of driving range.