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3 Surprising Marketing Benefits of Electric Car Charging Stations

EV Connect

Giant Food just announced it would be installing Volta charging stations at one of its grocery stores in Fairfax, Virginia. Bridgestone plans to install EVBox chargers at its retail stores across Europe over the next five years. Reach out to EV Connect today and let us help you make a plan to install EV charging at your business.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

In 2019, Volvo launched the XC40 compact crossover, a boxy but stylish compact SUV with a 2.0-liter This isn’t the connection utility that lets you run some phone apps through the car’s screen; Android software actually powers the interfaces for phone, navigation, and other functions—including truly excellent voice recognition.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus UX 250h F Sport AWD

Clean Fleet Report

New for the 2019 model year, expect the UX 250h to be replaced in the coming years as Lexus is in the process of completely revamping its line-up. This regenerative charging system converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. Connectivity is through four USB ports. The Lexus entry-level.

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A Bold New Plan for Preserving Online Privacy and Security

Cars That Think

Whether we like it or not, we all use the cloud to communicate and to store and process our data. For Google to show you your work emails, it has to store many copies across many servers. Even if they’re stored in encrypted form, Google must decrypt them to display your inbox on a webpage.

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SSB Flex mobility service launches in Stuttgart on 1 June

Green Car Congress

Anyone can use SSB Flex: they simply need to download the SSB Flex app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store onto their smartphone. When a customer uses the SSB Flex app, the app locates the passenger and shows them possible connections to their destination. Results of pilot operation.

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EV myths busted: The most common electric vehicle misconceptions

Drive Electric

No matter where you’re driving, you can always be reassured of the distance your EV can traverse by checking your car’s Vehicle Emissions and Energy Economy Label or looking up its estimated range , and using your GPS or Google Maps to calculate the distance of your longer trips ahead of time. EV MYTH THREE: Electric vehicles cost too much.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

In early 2019, Reuters estimated that the top 29 global auto manufacturers had already pledged to invest more than $300 billion towards developing electric vehicles (EVs) and supporting technologies including autonomous driving capability. A variety of computing elements are needed to support infotainment, connectivity and battery management.