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Volvo teams with Starbucks to install EV charging network at U.S. locations

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Volvo Car USA and Starbucks are partnering to establish the first public electric vehicle charging network at numerous U.S. The charging stations, powered by ChargePoint, will be installed at up to 15 stores along a 1,350-miles corridor from Seattle to Denver. Volvo slates 2030 as its year to go fully electric. “We

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Coritech Services orders Ideal Power’s bi-directional battery converters for DoD vehicle-to-grid program

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Ideal Power Inc., developer of a power conversion technology called Power Packet Switching Architecture (PPSA), received a purchase order for ten of its PPSA-enabled 30 kW battery converters from Coritech Services, a provider of custom engineering solutions for a variety of applications including electric vehicle charging.

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Mercedes-Benz showcases EQC, announces EQB electric SUVs at Shanghai show, new DENZA PHEV/EV

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Alongside the Concept GLB are the battery-powered EQC (electricity consumption combined: 20.8 – 19.7 Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, also announced another all-electric compact SUV: the EQB, which will be available in China from 2021. The preparations for this are already fully under way.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Kempton and Letendre’s.

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2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime PHEV: 42 mile EV range/600 total miles! A smash hit!

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There are 2 Prime trims, SE and XSE, both equipped with All-Wheel Drive and a fully-electric hybrid powertrain. HSD replaces a normal geared transmission with an electromechanical system that uses two separate powerplants – a series of battery-powered electric motors and the car’s gas-driven combustion engine.

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10 Benefits of Apartments With EV Charging (for Owners and Residents)

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Electric vehicle adoption continues to increase across the U.S. That is, 5% of new vehicle sales are now fully electric. Although 1 in 130 homeowners owns an electric vehicle , the same is only true for 1 in 370 renters. Surely one of the biggest reasons is simply the freedom to install charging.

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From EV Range Anxiety to Range Confidence

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The term “range anxiety” was a common association for early electric vehicle users, who were troubled by the fear of their battery electric vehicles (BEVs, also known as fully-electric vehicles) running out of battery power and the potential of being stranded on the roadside.

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