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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

The immediate fallout has been new restrictions that hamper gig workers’ ability to charge their two-wheeled EVs. Part of the fear surrounding EV battery fires has been how challenging they are to extinguish once they get started. But MSB’s Per-Ola Malmqvist has developed webinars that explain how to safely put out battery fires.

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EV Charging Industry Protocols and Standards

Driivz

The technology powering the EV charging industry has evolved so much over the last few years. As EVs become a natural part of the transportation ecosystem, we are witnessing a shift toward the standardization of chargers and the introduction of new industry protocols for interoperability. EV Charging Industry Protocols and Standards.

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Electric Vehicle Industry Associations – Joining Forces to Drive Adoption

Driivz

Common goals include speeding the development of industry standards , deployment of sufficient EV charging infrastructure and passing legislation favorable to the EV market – ranging from changes in the way utilities can price electricity to requiring that charge points need to be integrated into public building projects.

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And the EVA Board candidates are…

Electric Auto Association

I would like to provide EV charging and renewable energy information to underserved areas What is your most effective contribution toward the adoption of EVs? We completed our first clean energy project in 2020 — the installation of a Level 2 EV charging station at St. Let’s meet the candidates. Paul’s Church on Chicago’s North Side.

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

Anyone who would deploy any kind of large-scale EV charging project needs to work closely (and early) with their local electrical utility. Since 2010, OUC, a municipally-owned public utility, has installed hundreds of public charging stations, some powered by solar arrays. Q&A with the Orlando Utilities Commission’s Peter Westlake.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Email ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed Jonathan Read discusses why electric vehicles and fast-charging systems, not battery-replacement systems such as the one touted by Project Better Place, are the future. by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read.

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Chipping away at the ICE

Electric Auto Association

When I launched our chapter 19 months ago, you could count the number of networked EV charging stations in the area on one hand. In this part of Texas, it’s a mix of a few big cities and a lot of small towns. In two of the counties, I am often asked if I’m part of “that climate group.” It takes 4 hours to charge my EV.

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