Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At SEMA360, Chevrolet will showcase a 1977 K5 Blazer converted to all-electric propulsion. To convert the 1977 K5 Blazer, the team first removed from the Blazer the original 175-horsepower, 400 cubic-inch (6.55-liter) DC-to-DC power converter to power low-voltage systems. eCrate Installer Certification Program.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The platform will enable faster charging speeds and longer ranges. Volkswagen’s e-car platform is to undergo substantial further development as the MEB+, thus becoming even more efficient. Customers will benefit from the MEB+ in many respects.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has licensed its high-power wireless charging technology for electric vehicles to HEVO. The system provides the world’s highest power levels in the smallest package and could one day enable electric vehicles to be charged as they are driven at highway speeds.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2024

We were on location for the debut of the new Maserati convertible, which features three all-electric motors and impressive performance specs. At the time, Maserati shared that the GranCabrio Folgore would launch in 2023—however, the new convertible faced delays alongside the Grecale Folgore and plans for an ultra-luxe Quattroporte Folgore.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

The flagship system has a capacity of up to 125kWh—more than enough to charge Jaguar’s multi-award-winning all-electric I-PACE performance SUV fully, or to power a regular family home for a week. Pramac directly reuses up to 85% of the vehicle battery supplied by Jaguar Land Rover within the storage unit, including modules and wiring.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Powered by the Ultium battery system, the BrightDrop EV600 is targeted to have an estimated range of up to 250 miles on a full charge and will have segment-leading safety features. The investment will enable GM to convert CAMI into Canada’s first large-scale electric delivery vehicles manufacturing plant.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 22, 2024

One of the knocks on the potential of electric vehicles has been the paucity of charging stations compared with the near-ubiquitous presence of gas stations. The standard question posed by EV naysayers is, “What if an EV’s battery is nearly depleted and the nearest charging station is too far to reach?” government.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck. The technology takes energy from the grid and converts it to direct current (DC) voltage.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated a 120-kilowatt wireless charging system for vehicles—providing six times the power of previous ORNL technology and a big step toward charging times that rival the speed and convenience of a gasoline station fill-up. Earlier post.).

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InsideEVs

JANUARY 6, 2022

The oil giant already operates a network of nearly 8,000 EV charging points.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2018

Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) have devised a process for converting retired Li-ion battery anodes to graphene and graphene oxide (GO). A paper on the work is published in the ACS journal Nano Letters.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 29, 2023

converting existing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars into electric vehicles using conversion kits. You may make use of electric power without buying a new automobile by converting your current vehicle to an electric one. Resale Value While EVs are gaining popularity, the resale market for converted EVs is still uncertain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Audi is now enabling faster charging with alternating current (AC). Effective immediately, e-tron 55 and e-tron Sportback 55 customers can order a second on-board charger that doubles the power from 11 kW to as much as 22 kW at appropriate charging terminals. Charging planning then considers forecast periods of sunshine.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2022

A $5-million research project led by North Carolina State University’s (NCSU’s) FREEDM Systems Center focused on improving the efficiency of, and reducing the cost of, extreme fast charging (XFC) for electric vehicles (EVs) ( earlier post ) has been awarded an additional $200,000 grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE).

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Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2024

Charged is hosting a virtual conference on EV engineering that’s free to attend , and it starts today. The conference includes live webinar sessions with interactive Q&As and on-demand webinars. View the daily session schedule online here. All of the live sessions will be recorded and available to view after the broadcasts.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2018

This project will be the first step for the City of Boulder and Via in realizing their combined goal of converting the HOP fleet of 35-foot transit buses to all-electric vehicles. The long-term plan is that we’ll be able to fuel the vehicles with the solar energy that’s collected at Via’s site. —Natalie Stiffler.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2019

These challenges include: How to protect the lithium-ion cells from over-charge and discharge. Multiple 12V DC sockets and 5V USB charge ports. The ability to have the 2nd–life module charged via reclaimed laptop chargers. Enough energy for a small shop, farm holding or multiple residential homes.

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EV Obssesion

DECEMBER 19, 2021

EVs NIO Day 2021 Held in Suzhou, Smart Electric Sedan ET5 Unveiled Research Selective separation could help alleviate critical metals shortage Electric Mass Transit New order for 15 eCitaro and 24 Citaro G hybrid buses Charging Charging in America – The Making of an Electric Vehicle Charging Station EV Tipping Points Are We Finally at […].

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Sema Connect

AUGUST 6, 2021

The post Should You Convert to a Commercial Electric Vehicle Fleet? appeared first on Smart Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations. Now it’s time to replace a fleets of commercial gasoline vehicles with electric vehicles. Making the switch from ICE vehicles to electric vehicles for your commercial […].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2023

The RX450h+ comes equipped with a Level 1 vehicle-charging cable for 120V outlets and all models are equipped with a J1772 (Type 1) socket for at-home and public charging. 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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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 8, 2021

Aetos, a security firm specializing in total security solutions and services, is teaming up with DBS Bank to switch their fleet of 42 vehicles to electric vehicles — by converting them. For now, the two businesses use an electric van to transport cash and other valuables. The van will transport the goods from DBS and […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

FreeWire Technologies, a developer of ultrafast electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, raised $125 million in new capital. The financing consists of a Senior Convertible Note provided exclusively by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2014

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. Ideal Power Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2022

Swiss battery Technology pioneer Battrion AG has teamed up with German roll-to-roll production specialist Jagenberg Converting Solution GmbH to supply anode pilot and GWh-production lines utilizing Battrion’s Aligned Graphite Technology for the lithium-ion battery industry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

FedEx Express Canada plans to expand its EV fleet footprint as additional charging infrastructure is implemented at FedEx locations across the country. Powered by General Motors’ (GM) Ultium Platform, the AWD Zevo 600 is designed for last-mile deliveries, with an estimated range of up to 400 kilometers (249 miles) on a full charge.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

The California-based Hyperlight Energy will be piloting an installation where they plan to use existing oil wells as solar thermal wellsprings, with the stored energy being converted back to clean electricity when required. You know that that oil is going to be consumed; we’re not going to switch to a fossil-free world overnight.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2021

The Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has converted options to order six more forty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer. The additional six will bring PAAC’s zero-emission fleet to eight Xcelsior CHARGE buses.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2019

Electric-car converts (or shoppers) tend to boast about how fast their EV might be able to charge—in miles (of range) per hour. And while that’s useful for road trips and the occasional unplanned errand, the more important question might be whether an electric car can charge smartly.

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Setec Powerr

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Next, let’s learn about the working principle and charging principle of electric vehicles. Other charging methods are not widely used yet. Slow charging (conventional charging, car charging) is suitable for car chargers and home wall-mounted charging piles. They can charge while cruising on the road.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

UPS and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that new technology will be developed to convert UPS package delivery vehicles from diesel to electric. If successful, the Bronx-based project is expected to bring a production version of the converted truck to the streets of New York City by Spring 2018.

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EV Central

MARCH 29, 2024

A Taycan’s DC charge port is behind the front left wheel, and Tesla chargers are designed for Teslas to back into position and recharge at their rear-mount ports. Arse-hole parking engaged: charging a Porsche Taycan RWD with a Tesla Supercharger. Road trip and charging challenges We leave Sydney at 2pm having done the deal.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Pioneering methods to accelerate electric fleet adoption, AMPLY Power will demonstrate and document its Charging-as-a-Service approach for an all-electric school bus fleet in New York City. During the next two years, AMPLY Power will provide its Charging-as-a-Service package to the Logan Bus Company at its depot in Brooklyn, New York.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

Stäubli Electrical Connectors, a leading manufacturer of electrical connector solutions, has signed an agreement with SSA Marine to provide automatic charging stations for 33 terminal tractors at the Port of Long Beach. This project will create the largest automated electric vehicle charging program of any port in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Kia Motors and Hyundai Motor plan to introduce solar roof charging technology on selected Hyundai Motor Group vehicles. The solar charging technology is being developed to support the vehicle’s main power source, improving mileage and reducing CO 2 emissions. The third-generation system is currently in testing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

At fast-charging stations, the 45 kWh battery is charged from 10 to 80% SoC within 38 minutes with the installed 80 kW DC charger. The frequency is adapted to the speed requirements of the driver in the water-cooled frequency converters of the power electronics.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The new Porsche Taycan features longer range, more performance, and fast charging capabilities. The new 2025 Porsche Taycan (Source: Porsche) Faster Charging and more range At 800V DC fast charging stations, the new Porsche Taycan can charge at up to 320 kW under ideal conditions. That’s 50kW more than the previous model.

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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. A smartphone app used to program bidirectional charging, simply by setting the time when the vehicle is going to be used next and the desired battery level.

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