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IDTechEx: Nio spearheading battery swapping expansion beyond China

Green Car Congress

Norway now has two swap stations in operation, and Nio claims it will have 20 swap stations across Europe in countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden by the end of this year. This is perhaps why many swap stations have conventional cable-based conductive charging units installed in close proximity.

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ABB deploys Austria’s first EV fast-charging network

Green Car Congress

ABB has delivered and installed Austria’s first network of direct current (DC) fast-charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). Vorarlberger Kraftwerke AG (VKW), a unit of Austrian utility illwerke vkw, will operate the charging network as part of its VLOTTE project. CHAdeMO standard; it offers one 50 kW max connection.

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Shell pledges half a million charge points in it’s network by 2025

Green Charging

Add a charge point to your home with Greencharging. It plans to attain this by increasing its number of global public EV charge points from 60,000 to at least 500,000 by 2025. About Shell charge points. All Shell public EV charge points are rapid chargers, and thus they reflect the needs of all drivers who go to a fuel station.

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DBT CEV fast chargers power 3 LEAFs 12,500 km over 42 days in 2012 Oranje Trophy

Green Car Congress

Three Nissan LEAF electric vehicles drove 12,500 km (7,767 miles) through ten countries in 42 days supported by France-based DBT CEV’s fast charging technology as part of the 2012 Oranje Trophy. Charging the LEAFs. DC quick charger has an output voltage range of DC50 ~ 500V and current range of up to 125A. Click to enlarge.

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ABB installing electric-vehicle fast chargers at BP service stations in Netherlands

Green Car Congress

Power and automation technology group ABB has started installing multiple fast-charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs) at some BP service stations in the Netherlands as part of a nationwide trial. ABB’s Terra stations can recharge an EV battery in as little as 15 to 30 minutes. Fast charging makes our business case work.

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Nissan selects DBT for next-generation DC fast chargers, cuts price on home chargers

Green Car Congress

DBT, the largest European charging station manufacturer, announced that Nissan has selected it as one of five companies collaborating to speed the development of cheaper and smaller quick chargers for electric vehicles and to accelerate the installation of publicly-available quick charge points. Home charging.

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

EV Adoption

I’ve long talked about how one of the major hurdles to EV adoption in the US is that roughly 40 percent of US households don’t have convenient access to EV charging overnight where they live. In essence, unlike single-family households with garages, these car owners don’t control their own charging destiny. Why does this matter?