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

Teslarati

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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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

And in the last two weeks, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced plans to work with General Motors in experiments with their bidirectional charging technologies. No word yet on which EVs will take part. (GM

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The pair made major contributions to the propulsion system for the Impact , a battery-powered concept car that AeroVironment built under contract for General Motors.

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137. BATTERY MANAGEMENT IS DISRUPTING THE VALUE CHAIN IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES: THE CHANGING SUPPLY CHAIN — PART 2

Qnovo

Investors continue to applaud Tesla’s expansion strategy and pace, yet Wall Street remains shy about extending similar enthusiasm to incumbent car makers, for example General Motors and Volkswagen who have announced ambitious plans in electric vehicles. We are in the midst of deep disruption to the auto industry.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. General Motors Corporation. Production of high-volume battery packs for the GM Volt. Compact Power, Inc.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

Charged EVs

First, and perhaps most useful to drivers, is the company’s focus on charging, both AC and DC. To future-proof its DC fast charging, the Ioniq 5’s battery pack operates at 800 volts, rather than the 400 volts used for the last 20 years in both hybrids and EVs. Its onboard AC charger operates at up to 10.9 A carmaker to watch.

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

EV Adoption

And EV straggler Honda shed a bit more light on its upcoming EVs built on GM’s Ultium battery and powertrain platform. As part of the deal, GM and SolidEnergy Systems plan to build a prototype production line in Woburn, Massachusetts, for a “high-capacity, pre-production battery by 2023.” – March 11, via CNBC.

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