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A brief discussion of the history of EV charging technology

Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The 6kW Wattstation, introduced in 1910, was the earliest prototype of charging equipment for electric cars, and the mercury rectifier was still used to convert AC to DC. When these cars ran out of power, the battery was usually removed from the car and installed back in the vehicle after charging in the Battery room. Corner of Battery Room.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. San Jose Mercury News ).

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