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Tesla range not degraded by frequent fast-charging, study finds

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DC fast charging makes EV road trips practical, but owners are cautioned that frequent fast-charging can also cause battery degradation. That isn't necessarily the case, a new study has found. Recurrent, which produces battery health reports for used EVs, studied fast-charging on over 12,500 Tesla vehicles in the U.S.

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UCSD team suggests building more fast-charging stations based on study of pandemic impact on EV charging

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Their recommendation is based on their study of charging patterns for electric vehicles on the UCSD campus from early January to late May of 2020, after the university moved most of its operations online. DC fast charging initially dropped by 67%. Only four out of 100 stations in the study were fast-charging.

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California study of fast-chargers finds poor reliability, many "nonfunctioning"

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A University of California Berkeley study of EV fast-chargers points to serious reliability issues for charging infrastructure in the nation's biggest EV market. The study (via Automotive News) looked at 181 DC fast-charging sites in the greater Bay Area, covering 657 individual chargers. Of that total, 72.5%

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Sandia, national lab partners studying vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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Jay Johnson, an electrical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories, has been studying the varied vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure for the past four years. We have been studying potential impacts to the power grid. They looked at conventional AC chargers, DC fast chargers and extreme fast chargers.

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IIHS study finds simple centerline hardening can make left turns safer for pedestrians

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Bollards and rubber curbs that prevent drivers from cutting across intersections at a diagonal can make streets safer for pedestrians, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This study suggests that simple infrastructure changes can deliver big benefits. Left: Before centerline hardening.

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Electrify America tops other EV charging networks in study of user experience

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Electrify America topped all EV charging networks in user experience in a recent study by the Accenture-owned engineering services firm Umlaut. The study, released in conjunction with Charged EVs, looked at the entire user experience for the largest DC fast-charging networks in the United States, including app/website usability, charging.

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Tesla Supercharger Network tops J.D. Power EV public charging study

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Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Public Charging Study. Among the DC fast chargers that were considered in the study , the Tesla Supercharger dominated. Power’s study also noted that customer satisfaction with public Level 2 charging solutions has declined to an overall 617 points. Power’s 2023 U.S.