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DC Fast Charging: Everything You Need to Know

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There are several levels of DC fast charging stations , each with different levels of power for different vehicles. DC Fast Charging currently offers the fastest charging capacity of all charging stations, but should you use it? What Is DC Fast Charging? DC Fast Charge is the third and most potent level of charge for EVs.

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Bosch highlights hydrogen engine work at bauma; involved in more than 100 technical trials with customers worldwide

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Along with the direct injection of hydrogen, the new AFI-LP (alternative fuel injector – low pressure) injector from Bosch also allows the use of other fuels, such as methanol, both for port fuel and direct injection. Bosch is also presenting at bauma the SMG180 and SMG220 electric motors as well as the INVCON 3.3

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President Obama issues Memorandum on Federal fleet performance to push for alternative fueled vehicles; GSA pilot project on EV purchases

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These vehicles will be leased to 20 agencies, including the Department of Energy, and will be located in Washington, DC; Detroit, MI; Los Angeles, CA; San Diego, CA; and San Francisco, CA. GSA announced its initial purchase of more than 100 electric vehicles for a vehicle pilot. Optimum fleet size.

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Honda adding 120 EV chargers to Torrance Campus; 50kW DC fast charger adjacent to campus

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In an effort to increase the use of alternative fuel vehicles by its associates for daily commuting, and to prepare for a new generation of plug-in vehicles set to arrive by 2018, Honda is adding 120 new electric vehicle (EV) chargers on the Torrance, CA headquarter campus of American Honda Motor Co.,

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Eaton to supply high-performance inverters for battery-electric passenger vehicle for PSA JV

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Eaton will provide its power-dense inverters to Emotors, which will integrate it with the motor and ship the finished system to its customers for assembly into the battery electric vehicle. Eaton’s inverters can be used in all types of electric vehicles, as well as other alternative fuel vehicles, such as hydrogen fuel cell cars and trucks.

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Tesla Supercharger network leads U.S. toward 2030 charging goal

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A new report shows that the rollout of DC fast-charging stations is still far from reaching these goals, though Tesla’s Supercharger network leads charging infrastructure deployment in the U.S. percent of public DC fast-charging ports in the report’s Station Locator are on the Tesla Supercharger network, and 8.1

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Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor

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Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor A Major Update with More Power and Range Polestar recently invited the automotive media to get behind the wheel of its revised Polestar 2 single and dual motor sedan, what Polestar says is a “5-door electric performance fastback.” For brevity, we will stick with sedan.

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