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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

Teslarati

From Elon Musk’s Master Plan Part 3, details on the company’s third-generation platform, and discussions on how Tesla could each extreme scale, Investor Day promises to be an event that is one for the books. In past comments, the CEO noted that the “investors” Tesla is referring to in the event are pretty much all life on Earth.

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Voltage surge and transient suppression in EV chargers – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Other examples are automatic reclosers (the electrical distribution term for a circuit breaker) attempting to re-energize a line that might have been only temporarily overloaded and tap changers on substation transformers that compensate for changes in loading downstream.

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Super FET working Comments on Sykro Controller

Open Source Civic EV Kit

Last week I was mostly on vacation, so I didn't get a chance to really charge the car at full amperage many times. This week was back to work, so I was able to give the charge detector a more reasonable test. In short, the three huge FETs with heat-sinks seem to work just fine (I should hope so.).

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

However, “we’re talking about heavy investment&# in cars, batteries and supporting technology, said Nissan Motor Co. who took part in the event. Despite a high upfront cost, operating an electric vehicle is cheap, costing 2.5 “There’s no pie-in-the-sky here,&# said FedEx Corp. starting next year.

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Kia Niro EV review: All-electric SUV arrives to sit below the EV6

EV Central

But even as a hybrid the Niro doesn’t come particularly cheap. There’s also detailed data logging and the ability to automatically contact a call centre in the event of a crash. Kia Niro EV GT-Line is capped at around 100kW for charging. That AC charging can be done at up to 11kW, allowing for a full charge in about 6.5

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NIU’s newest electric scooters arrive at EICMA 2021

Green Authority

The model featured at the event showcased a single-speed belt-drive and a 250W Bafang hub motor setup; however, the model coming to North America will likely have a 500W motor instead. With NIU’s own fast charger, the electric motorcycle charges up in under four hours. Now they’re unveiling the KQi2.

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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.