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Electrify America announces $200M additional investment for ZEV infrastructure and education in California

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Additionally, the company will direct $25 million of the $200 million investment for an initiative in the City of Long Beach and the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles (Long Beach-Wilmington), for a “Green City” program. Green City Investment: - $25 Million in Long Beach-Wilmington.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

One major tradeoff is what level of DC fast charging is required to allow trucks to fulfill their duty cycles. Starting out, fleets may want to mix high- and low-power DC fast charging to see which meets the needs of different duty cycles and routes. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

High-voltage DC current is more dangerous and harder to interrupt than the comparatively sedate 48 volts used in smaller vehicles. Littelfuse recently expanded its lineup of DC contactors to support next-generation commercial EVs The other thing of course is that drivers love them now, which is fantastic. Garbage trucks.