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2020 EV Charging Infrastructure Best-in-Test: Rating the DC fast charging user experience

Charged EVs

If EVs are to replace fossil-fuel vehicles, they need to be able to make long highway trips, which means that DC fast charging needs to be reliable, convenient, affordable and ubiquitous. The availability of DC fast charging from multiple networks is only the case in a handful of markets in the US. Electrify America.

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SAIC showcases battery-electric Maxus EV80 van range at IAA

Green Car Congress

Charging time is just two hours while using a DC charger. The vehicle is equipped to enable both AC and DC charging capability as standard, for optimal flexibility. The total cost of ownership of EV80 variants in most European markets will be within 5% of their diesel-powered competitors over the lifetime of the vehicles.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

EV Adoption

GM To Develop Solid State Batteries With SolidEnergy Systems – General Motors has signed a deal with a Massachusetts Institute of Technology spinout for joint development of next-generation electric vehicle batteries that are expected to cut the cost of the technology by 60%. – March 10, Politico.

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