Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.)

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 11, 2023

My desire was to learn how to live with an EV away from one’s familiar territory and also to find out what one has to do to overcome charging station issues and learn how to live with it. Fortunately it’s becoming less of an issue now the newest EVs have a range of up to 300 miles on a full battery charge.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 27, 2013

Plug-in vehicle sales are indeed increasing, with the LEAF and Volt each selling about 2500 units in June 2013. Workplace charging certainly isn’t a concern of Tesla S owners, but it should become the focus for getting drivers into EVs and PHEVs. Even with Level 1 charging at work, these become 100+ mile cars.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 18, 2010

It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. Source: Wired Autopia ] Coulomb is getting ready to enter the Level III charging arena. Fast charging will extend the range of pure EVs when deployed by freeways.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Charging adapters taking power from the grid are a must-have item for everyone who owns an Electric vehicle or a hybrid. These chargers remove the inconvenience of having to wait at a public station by juicing up your car at home while you are asleep. Why do we need home charging stations ? Things to Look For.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 3, 2011

I wrote back in December about my unhappy experience attempting to charge my loaner LEAF at San Francisco City Hall's electric car charging stations. Parking in these Coulomb charge stations is restricted to city-owned vehicles and Car Share companies under threat of towing. There is a cost to charging.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 18, 2023

Juice is supplied via 77.4 You do get heated and cooled front seats, LED lighting, 20-inch wheels, rain-sensing wipers, wireless device charging, navigation, front and rear USB ports, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, satellite radio, smart park parking assist, a power liftgate, head-up display, and Bose audio, among other features.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 31, 2023

Here are a few steps your dealership should take to ensure it is ready to sell EVs: Install EV infrastructure Perhaps the most obvious step is to install EV charging stations at the dealership to ensure EVs are always topped up with juice for test drives and so buyers can leave the lot with a full battery.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 13, 2011

All plug-in cars these days come with a 120-volt charge cord. This will actually be sufficient for many if not most Volt drivers, and quite a few LEAF drivers. An empty Volt pack will take 10 hours to fully recharge; an empty LEAF about 20 hours. Not because I always charge at 120V mind you. is at 120V.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

We chatted while he finished charging his LEAF at the recently installed Quick Charger at the new Market Street Whole Foods in San Francisco. Bill lives a good 60 miles from San Francisco, so he needs to get some juice to make his trip home after work. A standard 120-volt outlet - Level 1 in EVspeak. I''ll call him Officer Bill.

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EV Info

MARCH 26, 2021

Having an EV you learn about the basics of electric power, charge rates and kilowatt-hours or KWh. . Power companies also use KWh as the base charge unit for billing consumers. The standard unit of electrical power is the watt, which is defined as a current of one ampere, at a voltage of one volt. 100miles / 24 KWh).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 1, 2021

That’s perfect for errands and modest commuting, especially if there’s charging at work, but for longer trips, it empties quickly. Fuel economy for the Recharge is 55 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) when you use electricity and gasoline and drops to 27 mpg when you don’t charge up the battery. Moving towards more juice.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. But I was in a hurry and simply mounted on the handlebars a Drok meter , which I had purchased for an earlier bicycle-based battery-charging project. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

DECEMBER 14, 2009

After the car sat for 20 minutes, I had enough juice to get to the auto parts place. My plan was this: have a friend drive me to pick up the Civic (after four hours of charging), drive to my appointment, plug in there for an additional three hours and hopefully have 40% charge left to get home. volts (ouch!).

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. But I was in a hurry and simply mounted on the handlebars a Drok meter , which I had purchased for an earlier bicycle-based battery-charging project. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC.

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Plug In India

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

But we wanted to know if if can it complete 200 km per charge on the highway? At 0600 hrs, gobbled down 3 sandwiches, a cake, a brownie and some pineapple juice. 95% of the charging happens out of home (in some cases the office.) The math is 230 volts multiplied by 15 A gives you about 3.3 ​Read on!

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem. Lots going on with batteries now, as John O’Dell’s piece below illustrates. that got the nod.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The charging port sits high up on the cowl, between the back of the hood and the front edge of the driver’s door. Inside, a row of three buttons lets users select among Hybrid (the default), Electric (when the battery is charged), and e-Save (to hold battery charge for later use) modes. Default: hybrid, not EV.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

We’re showing 100 percent charge and a range of 475km. Except there’s no wireless phone charging, annoyingly. Day 4: Let’s charge. Charging speed is a sloth-like 1.92kW. 2022 Porsche Taycan RWD – easier to charge parked this way around. Or, Porsche, please make the charge cable longer.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

With a 110-volt inverter and solar panels on the roof and hood, the car can get a boost for its battery from the sun or any electrical source.Asher drove to Nogales High School on Tuesday, plugged in the battery outside the automotive shop and gave Ruben Verdugo’s students a look at the future. Asher never opened the hood to show the engine.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric cars the world over to be recharged anywhere, regardless of which recharging station they stop at. The US standard is 120V@60hz the UK standard is 240V@50Hz.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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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Cars That Think

APRIL 6, 2023

And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. To keep cars and passengers full, 7-Eleven and Subway are among companies planning to serve up EV charging along with their Big Gulps and sandwiches. 7-Eleven isn’t alone.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

» Transportation | March 28, 2009 | by EV World The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles By Noel Adams Every so often I read articles, like the ones recently about a breakthrough from researchers at MIT, which will allow batteries to charge quickly, in this case, in 2 seconds.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The three leading new options to re-supply our autos with energy are charging at home, battery swap stations and fast charge stations. The method that should seem most natural is charging at home. If cost is an important consideration, than charging your EV at home is a no-brainer as it cuts out any profit-hungry middlemen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GigaOM Network: GigaOM | Earth2Tech | jkOnTheRun | NewTeeVee | OStatic | TheAppleBlog | WebWorkerDaily | Jobs Live Events | About | Contact Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon? While the Model S is in the concept phase of development, rapid charging represents a very real focus for battery developers and electric car makers.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Project Better Place plans to deploy a massive network of battery charging spots. Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Here we go again.or

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The new plug-in vehicle will be able to exceed highway speed limits, go 100 miles on a charge and recharge in four to eight hours using a 220-volt line, similar to those for clothes dryers, said Mark Perry, director of product planning for Nissan North America.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 16, 2024

But their weight becomes a liability on the race track, and battery cooling can put a damper on the fun well before running through a charge. Drivers can do this as long as the battery is at a 30% or higher state of charge. I used 16% of my battery juice in my one sprint session ending with a battery temperature of 93 degrees.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Newly installed CEO Fritz Henderson argues that pioneering projects like the Volt typically lose money until the technology catches on. "The Volt is a case study. " In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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