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Roadmapping Your Airport EV Charging Installation

Blink Charging

There are numerous federal funding programs for EVSE, including the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Tax Credit , which provides a tax credit for 30% of the cost of an EV charger up to $100,000 when the chargers are installed in eligible census tracts. For example, you can offer free or discounted rates for employees or taxi partners.

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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles unveils 5 battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles; I.D. BUZZ CARGO

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Here, the direct current (DC) stored in the battery is converted into alternating current (AC). A DC/DC converter supplies the on-board electronics with 12 volts. Now the brand is connecting the best-selling vehicle’s drive system with electricity in a world premiere of a taxi concept: the ABT e-Transporter1.

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Where to locate public chargers?

Electric Auto Association

It is a fact not obvious to non-electric vehicle (EV) owners that every electrical outlet (110v, 220v, or DC fast 480v) is a potential refueling spot for EVs. Anywhere there’s an electrical outlet! BY TIM BENFORD AND RAPP HANKINS OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON. Access both in and out should be easy, including for medium-duty EVs.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. million to build a hydrogen fueling station in Anaheim (Orange County).

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Ford Unveils Electric Transit Connect, Transit Taxi with Alt Fuel Conversion at Chicago Auto Show

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Ford Motor Company is unveiling the all-electric version of the Ford Transit Connect at the Chicago Auto Show; the small electric van will be in fleet operators’ hands later this year, according to the company. TDK, 100A output DC/DC converter. Ford Transit Connect Taxi. The electric Transit Connect. Click to enlarge.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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These—including, for example, an electric version of the T2, the iconic VW van of the late 1960s and 1970s—were mostly test cars and prototype cars, but also small fleets for special purposes. Now, however, given all the market drivers facing the auto industry (regulations, fossil fuel availability, societal changes, etc.),

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