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ECOtality Outlines EV Infrastructure Plans for Phoenix Area; ~920 Level 2 Chargers, 40 Fast Chargers

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outlined the company’s electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure plans for the metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona area at a press conference featuring key regional stakeholders. The recently introduced fast chargers are capable of providing a full charge in less than 30 minutes. ECOtality, Inc.

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CMU team details impact of regional and drive-cycle variations on degradation of a PHEV battery pack

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Modeling a PHEV with an air-cooled battery pack comprising cylindrical LiFePO 4 /graphite cells, they simulated the effect of thermal management, driving conditions, regional climate, and vehicle system design on battery life. 6, depending on regional climate and driving patterns, they found. —Yuksel et al.

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BP to Install 45 Ecotality Blink DC Fast Charging Stations

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Blink DC Fast Chargers will be available to the public at BP and ARCO locations as early as March of 2011. Working with BP, ECOtality will determine the best location for DC Fast Charger stations utilizing the company’s Micro-Climate process.

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ECOtality to Provide Blink EV Charging Stations at Select US Best Buy Stores

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will provide electric vehicle (EV) charging stations ( earlier post ) at select US stores of electronics retailer Best Buy Co., Under the terms of the agreement, the Level 2, J1772-compliant charging stations will be installed at 12 Best Buy stores in Tucson, Ariz.; Phoenix, Ariz.; ECOtality, Inc. Los Angeles, Calif.;

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Mercedes unveils electric all-wheel drive Vision Mercedes-Maybach 6 show car; CCS charging up to 350 kW

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Supporting DC charging based on the CCS standard, the system allows an impressive charging capacity of up to 350 kW. In just five minutes enough power can be charged to achieve an additional range of around 100 kilometers. Other founders of CharIN are Audi, BMW, Mennekes, Opel, Phoenix Contact, Porsche, TÜV SÜD and Volkswagen.

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Inside EVs reports on independent testing of Nissan LEAFs and battery capacity loss

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Unfortunately, a percentage of those USA cars that are operated in hot climates, such as Phoenix, Arizona, and the state of Texas, have experienced accelerated losses of the vehicle’s range autonomy, when compared to its performance when new. That’s within 2% between the two figures and a reasonable error.

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Natural EV capitalism

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We need to go all out in building charging infrastructure and developing the workforce required to install and maintain it.” EV1 started it off Martinson, who was a satisfied Porsche owner in the early 00s, was on a flight from New York to Phoenix when he found himself sitting next to the CEO of Arizona’s largest utility company. “We

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