Remove Charging Remove Phoenix Remove Power Grid Remove Range
article thumbnail

Fastcharge consortium presents prototype for 450 kW charging station; Porsche research vehicle charges at 400 kW

Green Car Congress

In Germany, the FastCharge research consortium ( earlier post ) has presented a prototype for a charging station with an output of up to 450 kW in Jettingen-Scheppach, located near the A8 motorway between Ulm and Augsburg. Initiated in July 2016, the Fast Charge research project has received €7.8 million (US$8.9

Porsche 331
article thumbnail

Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

Cars That Think

Dan O’Dowd’s Dawn Project has uncovered a range of bugs in Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software. Then it expanded into Phoenix, also relatively easy. O’Dowd: We have hooked up everything to the Internet and put computers in charge of large systems. I know of no examples of someone shutting down a grid with malware.

Tesla 111
article thumbnail

Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives.