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EVgo plans high-power fast chargers at Chase bank branches, some with solar

Green Car Reports

High-power EVgo DC fast-charging stations are coming to Chase bank branches beginning this summer—some likely with solar power. Chase will add fast charging at 50 branch locations, potentially in California, Indiana, Illinois, New York, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, according to an EVgo press release.

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Audi of America and Arcadia offer renewable energy subscription with e-tron or e-tron Sportback lease or purchase

Green Car Congress

Audi of America is offering qualified customers who purchase or lease a 2021 Audi e-tron or e-tron Sportback a subscription to Arcadia at no additional charge for up to five years. Arcadia connects renters and homeowners across the US to wind and solar energy through utility data and billing technology. 2021 Audi e-tron.

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Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

EV Adoption

One of the common arguments you hear from people in America who are not fans of the idea of electric vehicles is that they are mostly charged from electricity produced from coal power plants. And of those states, only two states — the aforementioned Colorado — and Illinois have more than 30% of their electricity from coal.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Cars That Think

For instance, four proposed high-voltage lines totaling 600 kilometers along the seam of regional networks in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar. Proposed new transmission lines in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar to regional networks.

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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. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough. feet) of torque.

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Ideal Power and EnerDel partner on mobile hybrid power systems

Green Car Congress

It also provides buck/boost voltage conversion, bi-directional power transfer, and multiport applications with any combination of independently-controlled AC and DC power ports.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

These are guys who were doing solar back in the Eighties.” “I’d In 2013, he installed lithium batteries, and in 2017, he replaced the stalled-out DC motor with an AC version. I charge the car on the solar array in my back yard. Today, the Beetle is Garver’s daily driver, giving him a range of approximately 90 miles. “It