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Taycan review, Equinox EV deal, R1T top safety, 70-mile PHEVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Is CEO Elon Musk costing Tesla sales? More energy-dense batteries coming in the near future aren’t just destined for fully electric vehicles. Over an abundance of caution over battery fires just after charging, it will replace defective battery modules and in the meantime advises only charging to 80% if your vehicle is affected.

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The US Needs 20 Times More EV Charging Stations by 2030… Or Else

Blink Charging

While it’s great news that electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming more popular in the United States, it does pose a unique issue: EV sales are now outpacing EV charging infrastructure. It’s promising to see electric vehicle sales increase, but now they need commercial EV charging stations to stay charged.

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California ARB holding hearing on adopting amendments to LEV III to support compliance options using new Federal GHG regulations

Green Car Congress

ARB has continued to work with EPA to ensure that the final federal rule—issued in August—and California’s regulations are harmonized to the extent that they meet both agencies’ air quality and greenhouse gas reduction needs. Since California requires the production of zero emission vehicles (e.g.

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California Air Resources Board releases proposed Advanced Clean Car package: LEV III, GHG and ZEV rules to transform the California fleet; ZEVs and TZEVs to be 15+% of new vehicle sales by 2025

Green Car Congress

Annual sales of Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) and Transitionary ZEVs (TZEVs) under the new ACC proposal are projected to reach 15.4% Nonetheless, staff believes that manufacturers will be able to certify their vehicles to both California and federal requirements when both programs are in effect. Source: ARB ZEV ISOR.

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How to Select the Right Charging Level for Your Parking Facility

Blink Charging

Like Level 1 chargers, they feed alternating current (AC) into the vehicle’s on-board charger to convert to direct current (DC) power which can be stored in the battery. Drivers often only charge their batteries to 80% in order to take advantage of regenerative braking features.) Typically, a DCFC can charge a battery in under an hour.