Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

Eaton is using common electrical distribution technology deployed in fleet depots, buildings and industrial settings to simplify fleet charging for zero-emission pickup and delivery vehicles without traditional charging pedestals. EV charging busway can also support ground mounted DC fast charging pedestals.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2022

GM is the first OEM to introduce a Plug and Charge feature to the company’s existing and future EVs that is designed to work on multiple, public networks in North America. With today’s launch, Plug and Charge is available now at nearly all EVgo DC fast-charging stations.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 10, 2024

Building in Resilience for the EV Ecosystem An essential prerequisite for the wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles is the availability and reliability of EV infrastructure. The post Designing Disaster-Proof EV Infrastructure first appeared on Clean Fleet Report.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2023

Building on the all-new redesign of its RX crossover vehicle last year, Lexus is adding the anticipated plug-in hybrid to the electrified lineup: the 2024 Lexus RX 450h+. A high-output, high-efficiency system designed to reduce power loss when converting from AC power to DC power results in faster charging times.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Australia-based Tritium Holdings Pty Ltd, a global developer and manufacturer of DC fast-charging technology for EVs, unveiled PKM, the company’s new architecture and line of fast chargers. This development gives charge-point operators the freedom to share one central source of converted DC power around the site.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2023

To realize high-performance and efficiency as well as smaller size, light weight and lower cost, and to accelerate vehicle development, EVs are also integrating power electronics controls such as DC-DC converters and on-board chargers (OBCs).

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EV Adoption

APRIL 9, 2023

On April 6, Walmart announced that by 2030 it intends to build its own DC fast-charging network at “thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations coast-to-coast.” First, let’s look at Walmart’s existing DC fast charging footprint. of Electrify America’s total number of DC fast charging ports.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 24, 2023

However, building an EV charging site is not a straightforward task. Understanding the EV Charging Landscape The first step towards building an EV charging site is understanding the landscape. DC fast charging requires a lot of power, so you’ll need a licensed electrician to confirm if the existing grid connection is suitable.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

With a Renault-designed adapter connected to the vehicle’s charging socket, the future electric Renault 5 can provide the same energy output as a 220-volt power outlet. Mobilize V2G will also be available on future Renault electric vehicles. The Renault 5 is based on—and is the first use of—the new CMF-B EV platform.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2023

This technology builds on the 300 ampere 600VDC to 24VDC air-cooled converter. Vanner designed a 17.1 introduced our air-cooled DC to DC converter in 2011. Vanner has begin serial production of its latest 17.1 kW, 600-ampere converter with SiC switching for highest efficiency. It is IP67 rated. Vanner Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2023

The $700 million is allocated for Fiscal Years (FY) 2022 and 2023 to deploy EV charging and other alternative vehicle-fueling infrastructure projects strategically in publicly accessible locations in urban and rural communities, as well as along designated Alternative Fuel Corridors (AFCs). Earlier post.) The Corridor Program will provide $1.25

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2023

To meet this challenge, Dr. Carlos Sanchez, a senior research engineer in the Tribology Research and Evaluations section at SwRI, designed a new test apparatus to model the effects of electrification on rotating parts. The numerous rotating surfaces within EVs are exposed to voltage spikes during the DC-to-AC conversion process.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2011

Transphorm says that its solutions cut energy waste by 20% and simplify the design and manufacturing of a wide variety of electrical systems and devices, including motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles. is showcasing a GaN-based, dc-to-dc boost converter running at more than 99% efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

CLEVER, a leading electric mobility operator (EMO) in Denmark has chosen ABB to supply 50 Terra 51 DC fast chargers at multiple locations throughout Denmark. ABB’s Terra 51 is specially designed for freeway driving and is capable of charging an electric vehicle in 30 minutes or less.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

This includes EV charging community projects, such as installing charge stations within multi-unit housing, hosting community-led demonstrations that address barriers to EV adoption and lowering costs for direct current (DC) fast charging equipment. AOI 3: Reducing the Cost of DC Fast Charging Equipment. AOI 2: EV Workplace Charging.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The E1 features an all-electric drive system designed to enable more than 125 miles of driving range. Optimal’s rear-drive design makes possible a much easier aftermarket body integration. The vehicle can fully charge in about two hours with optional DC fast charging.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Electrify America will open its 400 th electric vehicle charging station this week, setting a rapid pace for installation of DC fast-charging stations. Since then, the company has focused on building a future-proof network consisting almost exclusively of ultra-fast chargers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Mustang Mach-E Rally is estimated to charge from 10 to 80% in approximately 36 and a half minutes on a DC Fast Charger. builds on BlueCruise 1.0 The course was specially designed by rallycross veterans to simulate just what the vehicle might see out in the real world. The latest generation of software, BlueCruise 1.3,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

The new luxury SUV builds on the noise and vibration comfort of the EQS SUV. It replaces the classic COMFORT program and is designed entirely for maximum driving comfort for the rear passengers. AC charging time, three-phase 22 kW h 6.15 (USA: 12.45) DC charging capacity max.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The draft Memorandum of Understanding builds on a program framework made public on 1 October 2019. TCI jurisdictions encourage people, companies, organizations, and communities to provide their input on the modeling findings and draft MOU to inform the final program design. The Draft MOU includes: Program goals and schedule.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

General Motors announced a collaboration with Tesla to integrate Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector design into its EVs beginning in 2025. Additionally, the collaboration will expand access to charging for GM EV drivers at 12,000 Tesla Superchargers, and growing, throughout North America. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Townstar EV builds on the success of the e-NV200. Owing to its aerodynamic design and the efficiencies it creates, the Townstar EV is able to achieve a range autonomy of up to 300km (WLTP cycle). Nissan has begun production of its all-new and 100% electric Townstar EV model to be sold across select European markets.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept features four-wheel steering with up to 15 degrees of articulation and is designed to offer greater vehicle maneuverability while parking at low speed, on tight off-road trails, and increases the vehicle’s steering response at high speeds.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

These fuel cell generators could ultimately replace gas- and diesel-burning generators with fewer emissions at worksites, buildings, movie sets, data centers, outdoor concerts and festivals. GM is supplying HYDROTEC fuel cell power cubes to Renewable Innovations of Lindon, Utah to build the Mobile Power Generator.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

The collaboration is designed to scale autonomous vehicle deployment using market and safety data that helps define where self-driving technology can safely serve consumers. In order to support self-driving vehicle deployments at scale, Ford has established a presence in Miami, Austin and Washington, DC.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Cummins designed the PowerDrive 8000 for the terminal tractor segment to better meet the necessary duty-cycle and power requirements for the distribution and port environments. Cummins will begin field tests in early 2022 with Kalmar, one of Cummins’ lead customers for this solution. to 195,000 lbs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk released the preliminary design study for what he call “The Hyperloop”—a new high-speed electric transportation system targeted for the the specific case of high-traffic city pairs (e.g., For the study, the Hyperloop design team used a system servicing San Fransicso and Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

billion to build its second battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States. Ultium Cells will build the new plant on land leased from GM. It will allow us to build solid and stable U.S-based This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2021

The TRX D8 is an in-vehicle storage and compute system, a ruggedized device designed specifically for logging the massive amounts of data accumulated in autonomous vehicle drive testing. Vehicle power adapter for 10-36 V DC operation. Localized disk encryption for maximum data security.

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Charged EVs

MARCH 17, 2023

Some charging operators assume they need the highest-power DC chargers available, but it makes more sense to choose the right power levels for the use case of each specific charging site. Charged spoke with Tritium Chief Sales Officer David Nicholl about building cost-effective EV charging sites that provide top-notch service to drivers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

General Motors will bring all its electric vehicle battery pack building capabilities in-house with production of battery systems for the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV at its expanded battery assembly plant in Brownstown, Mich. A newly designed battery system features an overall storage capacity of 19 kWh and uses 192 lithium ion cells.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Motors designed in-house will support front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive and performance all-wheel drive applications. Ultium-powered EVs are designed for Level 2 and DC fast charging. This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The City of Chicago has selected 350Green, a developer of electric vehicle (EV) charging networks ( earlier post ), to design, build and operate a network of 280 EV charging stations—73 DC Fast and 207 Level 2 charging stations—throughout the Chicago area. —City of Chicago Mayor Richard M.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 28, 2021

Renault partners Envision for design & production of EV batteries. It has announced its strategy for EV battery design and production in the future Douai plant in northern France. Its building permit application is for a capacity of 43 gigawatt-hours by the end of the decade. . Renault unveiled Megane eVision Concept.

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Plug in America

APRIL 12, 2024

This certification recognizes our efforts to provide employee EV incentives and our creativity in designing and developing partnerships that advance access to EV charging and zero-emissions transportation. When people think of EV charging, they usually think of home or DC fast charging.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Before 2025, Honda’s electric cars will still be fitted with a Combined Charging System (CCS) port, though the vehicles will still be designed to be compatible with Tesla Superchargers through the use of an adaptor. Tesla’s Superchargers, after all, are among the most expansive and reliable DC fast-charging networks in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The designers have rigorously transferred the styling of the 2017 concept car to the 2022 full-production version. Buzz versions also draw on the design elements of the legendary T1, the original ‘Bus. The electric motor builds up its maximum torque of 310 N·m (229 lb-ft) from a standing start. cubic meters (5.1

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