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Fuji Electric releases newly designed DC Quick Charging Station

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Fuji Electric Corporation of America will introduce a new generation of UL-Certified 25kW DC Quick Charging Stations for electric vehicles, offering a slimmer, sleeker version to suit a wider variety of applications and site locations. The new model will be available for sale in North America in February 2013.

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Nevada Governor signs multi-state medium- and heavy-duty ZEV MOU to accelerate transportation electrification in state

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Nevada joins 16 other States, the District of Columbia and Québec in this effort— led by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)—to work toward a goal that 100% of all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales be zero emission vehicles by 2050 with an interim target of 30% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2030.

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Transphorm introduces first qualified 600V Gallium Nitride product and demonstrates 99+% efficient DC-DC boost converter

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These products are now qualified and available for sale through the Transphorm web site to approved customers. To demonstrate the performance advantage of the GaN-based technology, Transphorm will showcase at the APEC exhibition a EZ-GaN-based, DC-to-DC Boost Converter running at more than 99% efficiency.

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Volvo Trucks introduces its first electric truck for commercial use; sales and production start next year

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Sales and series production of the new model will start in Europe next year. AC charging is via the mains grid (22 kW) or DC fast charge via CCS/Combo2 for up to 150 kW. The truck can be outfitted with 2-6 lithium-ion batter packs, totalling 100-300 kWh.

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Optimal Electric Vehicles secures initial order for 200 EV chassis; partnership with Olathe Ford

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Optimal Electric Vehicles and Olathe Ford, one of the nation’s largest Ford Commercial Vehicle Centers (CVCs), announced a new partnership in the sales and distribution of Optimal-EV’s E1 series battery-electric cutaway chassis platform. The vehicle can fully charge in about two hours with optional DC fast charging.

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Hyundai IONIQ 5 stripped of basic features, sold at dealership

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The strange Hyundai IONIQ 5 sale, first reported on the Hyundai IONIQ Forum , was quickly identified as a unicorn, considering it was missing standard features that all IONIQ 5s are supposed to have. “I just bought an Ioniq 5 with no DC charge port/level 3. Is this common? And is it upgradable to level 3?

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Volkswagen unveils ID.7 Tourer electric estate car for Europe

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7 Tourer is set to debut with two battery configurations, the larger of which will feature a WLTP range of up to 685 km (~425 miles) and a max charging capacity of up to 200 kW at DC quick-charging stations, according to Volkswagen. “The new ID.7

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