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Ford Revises Dealer EV Requirements

The Truth About Cars

According to those in the know at Automotive News , Ford is slashing the required dealer training on electron eaters in half, while also cutting the number of EV chargers a retailer must install. As well, the requirement of building a burly Level 3 DC fast charger sometime before 2026 has been removed from the agreement altogether.&

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Blink’s 2023 Year in Review

Blink Charging

The year began with Blink’s exhibit at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) where we debuted the EQ 200 for European and Latin American (LATAM) markets, Series 3 for Asia-Pacific (APAC) and LATAM markets, PQ 150 for European markets, and the Series 9 30kW DC Fast Charger for global markets.

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Charging EV Fleets: What are the best chargers to use?

Blink Charging

The upfront costs of doing the switch at the same time will be more, but you’ll end up saving money on fuel and maintenance costs over the next several years. For smaller fleets, we have the Blink 30kW DC Fast Charger , which is a small footprint charging station that provides up to 100 amps and 1000 volts of output.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And so that's what we call "DC fast charging." New DC fast-charging stations are being built at a fairly fast clip. The challenge for the makers there is that there are multiple DC fast charging networks out there run by different companies. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And so that's what we call "DC fast charging." New DC fast-charging stations are being built at a fairly fast clip. The challenge for the makers there is that there are multiple DC fast charging networks out there run by different companies. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car?

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Price Parity is Not the Key to EV Adoption in the US

EV Adoption

While reaching cost parity is clearly critical, almost foundational to achieving mass adoption of electric vehicles, the more difficult challenges tend to fall into two camps: supply and consumer awareness and acceptance. Source: EVAdoption/Loren McDonald. Disclosure: LPEVC is an EVAdoption client.). Plugzio 120V Smart Outlet.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

To jot down those will take an entirely new blog, but here’s a sample. He tells me that PPG originally developed the Electro Deposition technology for Henry Ford’s Model T. Jay’s first EV was the DC motor Reva, which he bought way back in the early 2000s. Captain shared a lot of interesting aviation anecdotes.