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With portable EV fast chargers, could backup juice be as easy as pizza delivery?

Green Car Reports

SparkCharge is a startup that won the top $1 million prize at the 43North pitch competition in 2018. Cross the ubiquity of ordering a pizza with the form factor (and weight) of a backup “jerry can” of fuel and you’re close to what it seems the startup SparkCharge is attempting to produce with its new modular charging system.

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Tesla sales, VW chargers, coal pollution, used electric values: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Tesla released sales numbers for the last quarter of 2018. Volkswagen has developed a mobile juice pack for electric cars. The EPA continues to roll back regulations on coal plants to allow them to emit more pollution. For the first time dramatic depreciation on electric cars has begun to reverse.

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UK milk delivery service orders 200 electric StreetScooter delivery trucks

Green Car Congress

The new electric fleet is the first of its kind in the UK and represents the latest step as the brand continues to transform its operation in 2018. million (US$9.1-million) million) investment in the StreetScooters makes the business one of the largest operators of electric vehicles in the country.

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UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

Green Car Congress

Funding for the project was provided by the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research, a US Department of Energy Innovation Hub, and the JUICED Energy Hub by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Linhua Hu, Ian D. Johnson, Soojeong Kim, Gene M. Nolis, John W. Freeland, Hyun Deog Yoo, Timothy T. Ashton,c Jawwad A.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. On the last day I knew I would have to get a full charge to make it back to Heathrow and leave it with enough juice for the driver who would collect it. That prediction came true in 2018, when the Volkswagen IDR4 shattered the previous overall time.

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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

Blink Charging

The Leaf models were used as portable power stations , with enough juice to power the average Japanese home for four days, power 6,200 smartphones, or run 100 elevator round trips in a 48-story building. . After the successful use of the Leaf to help keep the power on in hospitals, their utility expanded to homes and businesses.

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The Importance of Managed EV Charging

EV Match

In a pilot project with Southern California Edison in 2018, participating sites were able to reduce electrical load by 42%. If one EV needs more energy and a V2V-capable EV is nearby, that EV can plug into the other EV to charge the EV in need of juice.