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Amped Up: Installing an EV Charger at Home

The Truth About Cars

Other considerations like affordability and performance are as much case-by-case as an individual’s dinner order at a restaurant. Faced with broken chargers or a simple lack thereof, your decided to make the leap and install a Level 2 charger in the garage space attached to his home. One thing almost everyone can agree on?

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California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

Green Car Congress

From rebates for electric and plug-in vehicles to energy efficiency and solar installations that are reducing home energy costs, more than 125,000 individual projects were completed in 2018. billion in new funding last year went to projects across all of California’s 58 counties—almost double the $720 million spent in 2017.

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Volta/Imogen collaboration awarded $12M in ARPA-E funding to commercialize next-generation fast charging technology

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The technology will also fulfill network connectivity requirements, including Plug and Charge capabilities and communication through the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) and Open Charge Point Interface protocol (OCPI), building upon Volta’s existing software implementation to allow flexible integration with roaming charging partners.

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Bosch releases two new EV chargers for faster and safer charging

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Both chargers were created to provide a more affordable charging option without compromising safety and charging capabilities. The EV300 charges up to four times faster than standard plug outlet while the EV3000 charges up to four times faster than a standard Level 2 charging station. No app is required to charge.

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California Governor orders 5M ZEV target for 2030; more hydrogen fueling and EV charging stations

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ZEV technologies include hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), which include both pure battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). When plug-in hybrids are added, that brings the total to 337,483 units. Earlier post.) million ZEVs by 2025.

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E.ON and Volkswagen introduce fast charger with storage battery

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Installation is easy: Place it, plug it in, configure it online—a “plug-and-play” charging station. All this makes fast charging easy, affordable and possible anywhere. and Volkswagen have introduced the E.ON Drive Booster, built by Volkswagen Group Components in operation. With the Booster, E.ON

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Feature: Bridging the EV Affordability Gap

Clean Fleet Report

The number of plug-in electric cars nearly doubled from 40 to more than 70 vehicles this year, including attractive SUV crossovers in the $40,000 range like the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Volkswagen ID4. How Incentives & FinTech Can Get You In an EV. This year has been the biggest year yet for EV adoption.