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HEVO to collaborate with Stellantis on wireless EV charging

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HEVO’s technology is up to 95% efficient (grid-to-battery) and is compliant with SAE and UL wireless charging standards. The vehicle pad, in turn, sends the power via a battery adapter to the vehicle battery. The HEVO power station offers up to 8 kW of power and is designed with wireless and plugin charging functionality.

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ViriCiti report finds that fast chargers are underutilized in 24% of opportunity charging sessions

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Twenty-four percent of opportunity charging sessions start when the battery is already more than 80% charged, according to a report released by ViriCiti, a provider of electric fleet and infrastructure management solutions. This also means that those 24% of opportunity charging sessions don’t use the fast chargers at their full capacity.

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BMW Group and PG&E launching ChargeForward Phase 3 pilot; V2G testing

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This advanced smart charging initiative is available to all BMW’s battery electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) drivers in Northern and Central California who are also PG&E residential, electric customers. Through smart charging, EVs act as a flexible grid resource to support the overall reliability of the electric grid.

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OSU smart membrane could enable new category of high-energy, high-power energy storage for EVs

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A team at the Ohio State University has developed a membrane that regulates bi-directional ion transport across it as a function of its redox state and that could be used as a programmable smart membrane separator in future supercapacitors and redox flow batteries. plugin EVs to Tesla’s 85 kWh battery pack). Click to enlarge.

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Volvo plug-in hybrid bus with B?sbaar rapid charging to begin field testing in Gothenburg; 75-80% reduction in fuel consumption and CO2

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7900 Volvo Plugin Hybrid Charging at Redbergsplatsen in Gothenburg. The plug-in adds a larger battery pack, charging electronics and control module. An electronic control module regulates engagement and disengagement of electric and diesel power, as well as gear-changing modes and recharging of the Li-ion battery.

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GM’s new RWD PHEV system for Cadillac CT6 designed for fun-to-drive high performance as well as efficiency; Volt on steroids

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kWh Li-ion battery; and. The battery pack is the main distribution unit; it feeds the main traction power inverter module (TPIM), and drives the two-motor EVT. Battery pack. The CT6, however, packages the batteries in a very different case. The battery pack. The CT6 PHEV powertrain combines a 198 kW (266 hp) 2.0L

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Sprout at Plug-in 2010

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Better Place, perhaps better known for its battery swap model, had on display its Level 2 charging stations ( charge spots ). Eaton’s quick charger can recharge the iMiEV to 80% of battery capacity in 25 minutes. Liberty PlugIns. Liberty PlugIns is providing Level 1, 2 and 3 charging stations integrated with metered parking.

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