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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. And he’s skeptical about the cost factor in home bidirectional chargepoints.

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ARPA-E awards $30M to 21 projects advance new class of high-performance power converters

Green Car Congress

Smart, Compact, Efficient 500kW DC Fast Charger Cree Fayetteville (operating as Wolfspeed, A Cree Company) and its project team will build a DC fast charger for electric vehicles using a solid-state transformer based on silicon carbide (SiC). SiC-Based Wireless Power Transformation for Data Centers & Medium-Voltage Applications.

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Rivian arrives in Australia! New deal will supply all-electric R1T utes to Australian mines

EV Central

Powered by a huge 135kWh battery, the quad-motor all-wheel drive dual-cab pick-up produces 392kW and 827Nm of torque and is said to be capable of travelling up to 656km on a single charge. Better still, as much as 225km of range can be added following a 20-minute top-up using a fast DC charger. MEVCO Rivian R1T.