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Lotus shares ‘record-breaking’ Emeya charging time that is as fast as the all-electric hyper GT

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For charging in the Asian market, P3’s results put the Emeya as the fastest-charging EV, besting some big names in global models, including the Mercedes EQS, BMW i7, Tesla Model Y , Genesis G80, Xpeng G9, Hyundai IONIQ 6 , NIO ET5, and BYD Atto 3.

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Yes, Automakers Stand To Benefit From Installing Public EV Charging Stations

EV Connect

will need as many as 235,000 fast EV chargers to meet demand — up from about 47,000 chargers that are available today. Bolster Consumer Confidence Open, public networks are built on the standards of interoperability put forward by the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP).

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

Charged EVs

A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology. It’s purely a software upgrade, and standardization is already in place. BMW was involved with the V2G pilot of the University of Delaware many years ago. That’s one way. Volkswagen has been working on it.

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Road Test: 2024 Kia EV6 GT-Line RWD

Clean Fleet Report

Independent suspension all-around Safety Technology The EV6 has an extensive standard ADAS list. Adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go is standard, as is rear-collision prevention, rear cross-traffic alert and blind-spot detection. It stays up with interstate traffic and has a range that rivals the ICE crossovers.

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Tech: Another Day, Another Battery Breakthrough

Clean Fleet Report

The expectation is batteries using this new technology will result in standard battery packs with up to 600 miles of range and the ability to fast-charge in less than 15 minutes as well as being able to put up with multiple fast-charging sessions. Ford and BMW have invested in the solid state battery start-up Solid Power.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia EV6

Clean Fleet Report

It’s not the fastest EV on the market today, but it’s no slouch. The top speed of 117 mph for the AWD version is close to the performance BMW i4 M50 we recently tested. In looking at the current crop of new EVs on the market today, it ranks in the top 3 new BEVs along with the Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Polestar 2.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. The US standard is 120V@60hz the UK standard is 240V@50Hz. Same goes for video cables.