The Truth About Cars

APRIL 10, 2024

The appalling state of public charging infrastructure. Faced with broken chargers or a simple lack thereof, your decided to make the leap and install a Level 2 charger in the garage space attached to his home. Level 2 chargers connect to a 220V outlet, like the ones used to power an electric range or clothes dryer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2023

ABB E-mobility announced details of its new HVC360 fleet charging solution. While the growing number of public charging points is excellent news for EV drivers, these alone do not meet the needs of electric fleets. Another example of HVC360’s global near-term potential can be found in the haulage industry.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

GM marked the official launch of its Dealer Community Charging Program with the installation of the first community charging stations in Wisconsin and Michigan. An EV driver in a Chevrolet Bolt EUV pulls up to a new GM community charging station in Marshfield, Wisconsin. kW Level 2 charging stations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The first charging station for EVs that uses energy storage based on second-life batteries from Irizar e-mobility is up and running. This charging point, developed by Repsol and Ibil , has been installed in a Repsol service station on the N-I road where it goes through the city of Tolosa in Gipuzkoa.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2022

The new device will enable electric vehicle (EV) owners to charge EVs by connecting chargers directly through the meter socket, a convenient and efficient location available on every home. By allowing for a simple, 15-minute EV charger install, the technology eliminates the need for complex and prohibitively expensive installations. .

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

UK-based Connected Energy and Groupe Renault have installed two quick-charge stations based on Connected Energy’s E-STOR energy storage technology on highways in Belgium and Germany. The E-STOR technology developed by Connected Energy uses second-life batteries from Renault electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Trucks, together with its project partner, the services division of Netze BW, has opened a charging park for customers near the Application Information Center (BIC) in Wörth am Rhein. To start, the eTruck Charging Park has six charging stations from different manufacturers with outputs between 40 kW and 300 kW.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The Volkswagen brand is significantly expanding the charging infrastructure at its German sites. Some 750 new charging points are planned for next year, including the first High Power Charging stations with up to 300 kW power. 3 at a charging station. The Volkswagen brand has a comprehensive commitment to charging.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Were you thinking about installing commercial EV charging stations? With the popularity of electric vehicles, the demand for EV charging stations has skyrocketed. There’s no better time than now to install EV charging stations that can keep your business ahead of the curve while also being good for the environment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks. Heavy-duty fleets have unique charging characteristics and needs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

EV Charging Eneco to install 240 charging connections this year at Albert Heijn supermarkets in the Netherlands and Belgium Scania supports […]. It’s the weekend, so news releases aren’t exactly flying left and right. However, we do have some stories for our new daily news roundup.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2023

bp pulse, bp’s electric vehicle (EV) charging business, has announced the first charging corridor for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks (E-Trucks) in Europe. Six public charging locations with ultra-fast 300kW charge points aimed at E-Trucks have been launched along a 600km stretch of the Rhine-Alpine corridor across Germany.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

At the Zwickau vehicle plant, Volkswagen commissioned the first fast-charging park in Saxony supplied with energy largely from a power storage container (PSC). The advantage is that fast-charging infrastructure can be built nearly anywhere, even if in places with a low-capacity grid connection.

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EV Connect

DECEMBER 4, 2023

EV fleet charging is experiencing its very own surge, with fleet charging expected to become a $15-billion market by 2030. However, the benefits of going early only apply if you choose the right EV charging management platform. Here’s why EV Connect offers the best solution to lock in the full cost and time savings.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

L-Charge, a Russian manufacturer of mobile rapid charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, has raised investment of $1.5 L-Charge earlier began test operation of the world’s fastest mobile charging station in Moscow and has plans to develop networks in Paris, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam and London.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

Russelectric, a manufacturer of distributed energy and microgrid control systems for mission-critical commercial facilities that was acquired by Siemens in 2018, has added electrical vehicle charging capabilities at its Hingham, Massachusetts, facility. These Level 2 charging stations have a capacity to charge electric vehicles at up to 7.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

Charging speeds for electric vehicles (EVs) vary widely, from as little as 15 minutes using an ultra-rapid 350 kW charger, to as much as 24 hours when relying on a domestic wall outlet. IDTechEx forecasts that most of the new DC charging installations will be in the 100+ kW power classes. What does a fast-charging curve tell us?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Germany is adding another €100 million to its successful promotion of private charging stations for electric cars in residential buildings, bringing the total to €500 million. Purchase and installation of the wallboxes are supported with a grant of €900. We are already promoting around 470,000 new charging points.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The National Automotive Parts Association LLC (NAPA) is collaborating with Qmerit, North America’s leading provider of installation services for EV charging and other electrification technologies. This integration allows buyers to request an online estimate for their installation and connect with one of Qmerit’s certified installers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

of America announced the installation of a 25kW DC Quick Charger for Electric Vehicles at the Edison ParkFast’s Hippodrome location, located in Midtown Manhattan. The publicly available station provides a complete charge to electric vehicles in less than one hour. being installed. Fuji Electric Corp. next several years.

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 27, 2023

This depends on the number of DC and AC chargers you plan to install and their capacity. To ensure the grid can meet your demands, you’ll need to evaluate the expected EV traffic and their charging behaviors, such as peak charging times and duration of charges. Is There Local Grid Supply Competition?

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

When you’re choosing an EV charging station provider, there’s more to it than just selecting a company with brand-agnostic, turnkey certified charging stations, a reliable software platform and knowledge assistance on every aspect of purchase and installation. What Is EV Connect Shield?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Charging and energy are becoming a core business for Volkswagen; the company is building a universal and seamless eco-system for charging its electric models. models and soon also with the technology of bidirectional charging. models and soon also with the technology of bidirectional charging. Charging at home.

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EV Connect

JUNE 7, 2021

Installing charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) has many benefits for property owners, including attracting tenants to your commercial property or multifamily unit , and even providing a source of revenue. These powerful chargers can charge a battery from nearly empty to full in under an hour. per kilowatt hour.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Volta, an electric vehicle (EV) charging and media company, announced that a project application it collaborated on with Imagen Energy, a developer of compact high-power EV chargers, was awarded a $12-million grant from the US Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Audi is now enabling faster charging with alternating current (AC). Effective immediately, e-tron 55 and e-tron Sportback 55 customers can order a second on-board charger that doubles the power from 11 kW to as much as 22 kW at appropriate charging terminals. Charging planning then considers forecast periods of sunshine.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2017

ReachNow, the mobility services division of the BMW Group, Woodland Park Zoo, and the City of Seattle celebrated the successful installation of the first of 20 Light & Charge electric vehicle (EV) charging locations that will more than double the number of Fast Chargers publicly available in Seattle. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

A new study from Juniper Research projects that the number of vehicles with embedded connectivity will reach 200 million globally by 2025, rising from 110 million in 2020. The research urges operators to leverage wholesale agreements with automotive OEMs to create steady revenue streams from the connected car market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Honda and Google have agreed to integrate Google’s in-vehicle connected service into an all-new model that will come to market in the second half of 2022 in North America. Honda and Google have been collaborating since 2015 with the broader automotive industry to introduce the Android platform to automobiles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

million is available to expand public electric vehicle (EV) charging in 13 rural counties. Incentives available through the new Inland Communities Incentive Project will cover up to 75% of EV charging equipment costs. More than a third of the funding is dedicated to installations in under-resourced communities.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

The partnership aims to transform access to EV charging in key European markets by rapidly building a fast-charging network across Europe by 2024 and delivering a seamless experience for EV drivers. By the end 2024, up to 8,000 charge points could be available across Germany, the UK and other European countries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has launched a new €300-million program for the construction of EV charging stations. We build the charging infrastructure where it is needed in everyday life and that is with the people “on site”—at supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, swimming pools or sports fields.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2023

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has provided its Thermal Interface Material (TIM) elastomer for use in high-quantity series production of a EV charging port for a well-known car manufacturer. Behind the charging port cover, the vehicle displays a usual multi-pin connector for the charging cable, embedded in a plain plastic front.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Across 80 cities, the company has installed over 1,000 fast charging stations. EV manufacturer Ather Energy has completed the installation of over 1000 fast EV chargers. The Bangalore-based company plans to install more than 2,500 fast chargers as part of the Ather Grid network by the end of 2023. km per minute.

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Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2022

Volvo Car USA and Starbucks are partnering to establish the first public electric vehicle charging network at numerous U.S. The charging stations, powered by ChargePoint, will be installed at up to 15 stores along a 1,350-miles corridor from Seattle to Denver. locations beginning this Summer.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Retail giant Costco has installed on-site solar generation at a new electric truck charging project in southern California. The “solar electrification structure,” as Trinity calls it, is not connected to the grid and provides direct, on-site power, similar to a microgrid. Trinity completed the project in four months.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

Following a successful 12-month pilot project at five of its retail sites, Aral, bp’s market leading fuel retail brand in Germany, is set to roll out more than 100 ultra-fast charging points across its retail network in Germany over the next 12 months. —Aral CEO Patrick Wendeler.

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