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Mercedes-Benz Trucks opens charging park for customers in Wörth

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks, together with its project partner, the services division of Netze BW, has opened a charging park for customers near the Application Information Center (BIC) in Wörth am Rhein. To start, the eTruck Charging Park has six charging stations from different manufacturers with outputs between 40 kW and 300 kW.

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Mercedes pay+ turns the car into a payment device; Visa technology

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Visa Cloud Tokens provide an additional layer of security as they help to protect and encrypt sensitive payment information by converting data and storing it securely. This is of interest, for example, to the second or third owners of a vehicle as it gives them the opportunity to adapt pre-owned vehicles to personal needs and desires.

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UCSD team suggests building more fast-charging stations based on study of pandemic impact on EV charging

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A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) recommends expanding fast-charging stations for electric vehicles as campuses and businesses start planning for a post-pandemic world. As expected, charging declined significantly once most campus operations became remote. DC fast charging initially dropped by 67%.

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bp and Pure Planet launch new digital carbon-information services for householders and motorists

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In the UK, 100% renewable energy supplier Pure Planet and bp launched a new digital service that allows households and drivers of gasoline, diesel and electric cars to see accurately the financial cost and the emissions of their personal energy use. The new service is free to all Pure Planet Members on their app and gives users.

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Volkswagen starts update program for ID.4 software in US, with performance improvements and new features

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New features to enhance the charging experience and further improve system performance will be available on MY21 and certain MY22 vehicles. 4 offer is the included three years of fast-charging on the Electrify America network—the nation’s largest open DC fast charging network—and this latest iteration of ID.4

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Tesla Model Y charges over curb after Supercharger gets fully ICE-d out

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Considering how prolific electric vehicles are nowadays, it may seem like incidents of ICE-ing, or the deliberate (or inadvertent) blocking of EV charging stalls by combustion-powered cars, is a thing of the past. Thus, the Model Y owner, as well as other Tesla drivers, were looking forward to a quick charging session.

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2026 Afeela EV gets updated styling, AI-informed driver-assistance

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Afeela electric sedan prototype as shown at CES 2024 The cars will also include a “conversational personal agent” using AI from Microsoft, and features that fuse the virtual with reality from Polyphony Digital, the game studio that produces “Gran Turismo”—one of the top Sony PlayStation titles. bound, though.

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