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Penske Truck Leasing joins CharIN to promote electric commercial vehicle charging standards

Green Car Congress

Penske Truck Leasing has joined the Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ), a worldwide industry alliance focused on promoting Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for charging electric vehicles (EVs) of all types. Penske Truck Leasing is the first in its industry to join the CharIN organization. Penske Truck Leasing Co.,

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Nobody Knows if the BMW M5 Touring is Coming to America

The Truth About Cars

Despite having been quoted as confirming the BMW M5 Touring for North America, Domagoj Dukec has just recanted. For those wondering what happened, The Car Guide had reported Dukec as confirming the M5 Touring as bound for America during a Portuguese test drive of the redesigned 2024 BMW X2. kWh battery needs to be recharged.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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The objective of the taskforce is initially to create a guideline for demonstration projects and design verification and later standardize in 2015 with field confirmation. This is necessary before a determination of charging frequency can be standardize and should include the second and third harmonic possibilities.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

” They have suggested, however, that around “two-thirds” of the the 30 vehicles would be available in the North America. In the 12 months since sharing the forecast below, multiple new crossover/SUV EVs including the Mustang Mach-E, Volvo EC40 Recharge, Polestar 2, Tesla Model Y Standard Range, Nissan Ariya, VW ID.4,

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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Fritz Henderson, GM’s President and CEO: “ We had a couple of Audi and BMW customers sit in an Equinox and say ‘this vehicle should be priced well above what it is’—Chevrolet should blow people away for what they get for their money. ”. Buick will focus on North America and China. Chevrolet is a global value leader.

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Porsche prices $80,450 Macan 4, $106,950 Macan Turbo EV SUVs

Baua Electric

Macan Turbos will benefit from a standard electronically controlled torque-vectoring system across the rear axle, while the feature will be available on the Macan 4. All Macan 4 and Macan Turbo SUVs also get a standard air suspension with dual-path adaptive dampers for better control on compression and rebound.

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BMW, GM complete testing on DC Fast Charge station usage; validation on BMW i3 and Chevy Spark EV

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Engineers from BMW AG and General Motors recently passed a milestone in the adoption of the new SAE standard for DC Fast Charging. —Cliff Fietzek, Manager connected e-Mobility at BMW of North America, LLC. Using DC Fast Charging, EV owners could recharge current battery packs up to 80% in less than 20 minutes.

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