Remove Austin Remove Cost Of Remove DC Remove Low Cost
article thumbnail

Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The big takeaway: If you want a free charge station and are located in a program area (Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Sacramento, San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Bellevue/Redmond, Washington DC, Southern Michigan), raise your hand now. ChargePoint America is looking for hosts for charge stations.

Charging 203
article thumbnail

Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

Green Car Congress

On another front, DOE will partner with industry, the National Laboratories, and other stakeholders to develop a study that will examine the vehicle, battery, infrastructure, and economic implications of direct current (DC) fast charging of up to 350 kW, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. University of Texas at Austin.

Obama 150
article thumbnail

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

High Performance, Low Cost Superconducting Wires and Coils. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. that substantially reduce costs of the motor. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. (National Renewable. Pacific Northwest. Arlington).

Energy 294
article thumbnail

Visiting PURE EV factory | Startup Showcase | ETryst electric motorcycle first look

Plug In India

As of now, there have been only 2 incidents that have required service - a harness replacement, and a failure of the DC to DC converter. This will improve productivity - at relatively low cost. That was the case with the DC/DC converter, when our trip was happening. TIme per station is around 4 minutes.

article thumbnail

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. — Larry 4.

Oregon 58