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BMW of North America and Electrify America providing two years complimentary 30-minute charging for BMW EV customers

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BMW of North America and Electrify America announced an agreement to provide 2022 BMW EV customers with two years of 30-minute complimentary charging sessions at all Electrify America public charging stations, from the date of vehicle purchase. NYPA is the largest state public power organization in the nation.

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Bosch Powers the Automotive Sector Toward an Electrified Future

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Their gleaming galleries feature many historic and influential cars, almost all of them powered by petroleum-fueled internal combustion (IC) engines. Electric cars are an important focus of Robert Bosch — another leading automotive company founded in Stuttgart. The capacitor is one of the most expensive components of the inverter.

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Lux: plug-in vehicle battery market to hit $10B in 2020; 6 carmakers = 90% of demand; VW to show most growth

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Just six large carmakers will account for 90% of the battery demand: Tesla, BYD, Volkswagen, General Motors (GM), Renault-Nissan and BMW. Consumers will soon be able to purchase electric vehicles with 200 miles of range for less than $40,000, almost half the price of the long range EVs available today.

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Porsche estimates ~20k units of the electric Taycan per year

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One motor powers the Taycan’s rear axle, the other the front wheels. The PSM drives convert electrical energy into power with great efficiency, smoothness, and sustained output while generating relatively little heat. The Taycan’s power electronics are also fine-tuned for efficiency. seconds and tops 200 km/h in less than 12.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

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It turns an EV into a mobile battery that can be used to provide backup power to a home or business, and to provide services to the electrical grid, generating revenue for the vehicle owner and potentially offsetting a significant part of the purchase price of the vehicle. Charged : We’ve been covering your company for several years.

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Tech: Another Day, Another Battery Breakthrough

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Company Promises Longer Range, Faster Charging. The holy grail of battery development really hasn’t changed much in spite of the exponential growth of the electric vehicle market–make it more energy dense (for longer range), more powerful (for faster acceleration), faster charging and cheaper.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. It solves the storage problems faced by the electric utility companies in absorbing and adapting to the highly variable power and energy generated by solar and wind.

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