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Battery-boosted EV chargers coming to Chevron, Texaco stations

Green Car Reports

The oil giant Chevron appears to be exploring exactly that, with an arrangement that will lead to the rollout at some U.S. Chevron and Texaco gas stations of DC fast-chargers capable of delivering 200 miles of range in 15 minutes. Are EV fast-charging stations smart business for existing gas stations?

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Freewire & Chevron Work Together To Bridge DCFC Installation Obstacles

CleanTechnica EVs

One of the biggest obstacles to installing DC fast charging stations is getting it the big three-phase power it needs from the power company. This is not only expensive to put in, but makes for a huge bill every month (called demand charges). Demand charges are based on the maximum amount of power you use […].

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Optimus Technologies closes $17.8M Series A to advance Vector System for heavy-duty engines on 100% biodiesel

Green Car Congress

The round included participation from one of North America’s largest commercial fleets, Chevron Renewable Energy Group, and Pittsburgh regional investors including: Idea Foundry, Inc., ​ Optimus Technologies recently announced a $17.8-million million Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co. out of Tokyo, Japan.

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Want to charge up? EVgo builds chargers at Chevron gas stations

Green Car Reports

The company, which bills itself as the largest operator of DC fast charging stations in the U.S. That seems to be the approach behind the latest installations of EVgo stations in California. CHECK OUT: Gas stations OK, electric-car chargers too ugly?

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Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

Creative Greenius

Yeah, I’m talking to you Exxon/Mobil mercenaries who work at the Torrance refinery and you amoral assassins who get your blood money from the Chevron refinery in El Segundo. I said it before to you, Exxon and I’m saying it to you now, Chevron. How do you like me now South Bay spewers of greenhouse gases?

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California oil producer applies for LCFS credits for producing crude oil using solar-generated power

Green Car Congress

from Chevron USA, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation. The Solar Project consists of 10,120 Canadian Solar 310 watt solar photovoltaic modules and two central inverters which convert the DC solar power from the solar modules into AC power which is used directly to power Seneca’s oil production equipment.

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

Green Car Congress

Jackson, a member of the Earth System Science Department, has mapped thousands of natural gas leaks across city streets in Boston and Washington, DC, and published the first studies of hydraulic fracturing’s impact on drinking water. Ritts, most recently with Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration & Production Co., Earlier post.).

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