Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2020

Volvo Trucks introduced its all-electric Volvo VNR regional distribution demonstrators in February as part of the Volvo LIGHTS Innovation Showcase held in California, with commercial production to begin later in 2020. All ABB charging systems are equipped with connectivity for remote monitoring, diagnostics and upgrades. million.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

The system will also enable Honda to evaluate the second life, or re-use, of EV batteries in grid applications, home-to-grid (H2G) connectivity and other concepts. This type of smart grid connectivity will enable the mass deployment of electric vehicles and renewable energy without sacrificing grid reliability, Honda suggests.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

When it is connected to a Level 2 charger, the Niro PHEV can refill its 11.1-kWh kWh battery and a 150kW (201-horsepower) motor with DC fast-charging capability as standard. Kia Connect advanced in-vehicle connectivity, which is accessible in-car or through the Kia Access App, is standard on Niro EX and above.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The advantage is that fast-charging infrastructure can be built nearly anywhere, even if in places with a low-capacity grid connection. This automotive power bank could be used wherever the capacity of the grid connection is too low but there is demand for powerful charging infrastructure. 4 and have now been given a second purpose.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2023

From 2024, Nissan will make available a NACS charging adapter for Ariya models which are currently equipped with the Combined Charging System 1 (CCS1) for DC fast charging. This will enable customers to connect their vehicle's charging port to NACS plugs at compatible chargers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The K5 Blazer-E is a functional proof of concept of the upcoming Electric Connect and Cruise package Chevrolet Performance plans to sell in the second half of 2021. Learnings from those vehicles helped inform Chevrolet’s Electric Connect and Cruise strategy. DC-to-AC power inverter to drive the electric motor.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks. —Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The rebates are part of the California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project (CALeVIP), the nation’s largest EV charging incentive initiative. Rebates are available for installations for DC fast chargers with a minimum of 150 kilowatts (kW) per connector by businesses, nonprofits, tribes and public entities.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

For the fully electric XC40 Recharge cars, the wireless charging power will be more than 40 kW, making the charging speeds around four times faster than a wired 11 kW AC charger and almost as fast as a wired 50 kW DC fast charger.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

In the course of the slightly changed offer logic, the central display is now part of the standard equipment. Smartphones can now connect wirelessly to the vehicle via Apple CarPlay or Android Auto Wireless. Furthermore, the available DC charging power, which depends on the pre-conditioning of the high-voltage battery, is displayed.

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MAY 10, 2024

However, as we will discover a little later in the article: just as a chef might opt to own or part-own their restaurant, the roles of CPO, EMSP, and owner can also sometimes overlap. Installing charge points on-site and connecting them with the requisite electricity supply (e.g., what does a Charge Point Operato do?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

The roadmap’s primary focus is on light duty, on-road plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are recharged via a connection to the electrical grid, as well as the supporting charging infrastructure needed to power them. Topics covered include standards to address high power DC charging; storage (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

With a Renault-designed adapter connected to the vehicle’s charging socket, the future electric Renault 5 can provide the same energy output as a 220-volt power outlet. The platform has taken 70% of the parts featured on the CMF-B platform used for Clio and Captur. Compared to ZOE, the CMF-B EV platform is 30% cheaper to manufacture.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

The TEG, which is installed in a part of vehicle exhaust system, can reduce CO 2 emissions by reducing alternator load by generating electrical power from unutilized waste exhaust gas and also by early warm-up of engine by heated coolant through the TEG unit at engine start. Yamaha Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation Power & Mobility Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2020

Electrify America’s network, part of the FordPass Charging Network, offers the largest number of high-powered public charging stations on the market today. Using Electrify America’s DC fast chargers, rear-wheel-drive-equipped Mustang Mach-E with an extended-range battery can add an estimated 61 miles of range in approximately 10 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The project seeks to develop and commercialize the next generation of domestically manufactured DC Fast Charging (DCFC) technology in support of the federal government’s clean energy and climate priorities. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

The systems will autonomously charge part of the electric yard tractor fleet of SSA Marine at the International Container Terminal at the Port of Oakland. ROC-1 will work with high power DC charging stations that use a CCS-1 charging connector, offering capability to autonomously charge the vehicles from existing charging supply equipment.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

million for a program to reduce the cost and complexity of deploying direct-current (DC) fast electric vehicle charging infrastructure (EVCI). The project leverages Eaton’s previous DOE-funded research on solid-state transformers, solar-plus-storage and DC systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2019

The technology comprises a 48-volt battery, a Mild Hybrid Starter Generator (MHSG) and LDC converter (Low Voltage DC/DC). In addition to the 48V electrical system, the vehicle is equipped with the conventional 12V electrical system, which is connected via the DC/DC converter to the 48V system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2020

We focus on solutions that take into account other activities such as charging electric pallet trucks, refrigeration systems and solar cells at the distribution centers in order to avoid power peaks, prediction of charging needs and optimization of the charging processes, for example in connection with loading of goods.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The Country Hills Shopping Plaza in Torrance, California will be the site of the first DC fast charging station to open in the state as part of Electrify America’s plan to install approximately 160 charging stations in California by June 2019.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2011

ECOtality and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store unveiled the first Blink Direct Current (DC) Fast Charger in Tennessee at the Lebanon Cracker Barrel location. This is the first of 12 Cracker Barrel locations statewide that will install DC Fast Chargers as a part of The EV Project.

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EV Connect

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Electric vehicle charging stations use both alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) to power EVs. AC vs. DC Power Near the turn of the 20th century, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla were developing the types of electric power we use today. Tesla established AC electricity to combat some of the obstacles DC presented.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

ABB, the power and automation technology group, introduced a new DC (direct current) electrical system for marine applications. The new system is part of a revival of power solutions using DC electricity, and will provide highly efficient power distribution and electric propulsion for a wide range of vessels.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 28, 2023

Part 2: No, NACS is not today’s Tesla connector Part 3: Why Tesla’s NACS is unlikely to kill CCS Part 4: Behind the scenes as seven automakers counter Tesla’s Superchargers EV charging is changing, but much remains to be settled A flurry of news over less than a year permanently altered the US landscape for EV charging.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2020

The first of three new GreenPower EV Star shuttles will be put into service beginning Monday, 15 Jun 2020 as part of Electrify America’s more than $40 million Green Cities investments in Sacramento. Electrify America fully subsidized the costs of the shuttles, the DC fast-charging infrastructure to support them, and the retrofit costs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The charging capacity of the new FastChargers is three to nine times as high as what is currently possible with DC rapid-charging stations. Both the high-performance electronics for the charging connections and the communication interface to the electric vehicles were integrated into the system. 450 kW, the second gives up to 175 kW.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2021

The low-voltage on-board electrical network with two regular 12-volt batteries is charged from the high-voltage batteries using a DC/DC converter. The eActros can be charged with up to 160 kW: When connected to a regular 400A DC charging station, the three battery packs need a little longer than 1 hour to charge from 20 to 80 percent.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

DSM Engineering Materials has expanded its Comparative Tracking Index (CTI) test laboratory with equipment to validate tracking resistance to voltages up to 1,500V AC and 1,000V DC. —Franz Janson, Principal Product Development Engineer, PEE Global Automotive Resin Material Platform at TE Connectivity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2014

The MSG is designed as a direct current (DC) grid. We settled on a DC design for our micro smart grid to avoid the losses that occur when transforming alternating current (AC) into DC. The MSG can be run in island mode in parallel to the grid operated by the local energy provider. — Dipl.-Ing

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

As part of the electric mobility offensive from Mercedes-Benz Cars, in the coming years the company will invest around €10 billion (US$10.5 ChargePoint offers solutions from conventional AC charging through to ultra-fast DC charging at up to 400 kW. The cooperation lays the groundwork for a comprehensive, customer-focused offer.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Ford is collaborating with Amazon in the US for all installation services from 240V outlets to the Ford Connected Charge Station. Ford expects many customers will choose an available Ford Connected Charge Station. In collaboration with Electrify America, the FordPass Charging Network will provide access to DC fast chargers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2020

In addition to adding moving parts and complexity, the space required outside the engine for the gearbox and generator makes the airframe larger, which is undesirable in a stealthy platform. Phase two of this program has now been adopted as part of Rolls-Royce’s contribution to the Tempest program.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

Tritium, an Australian company that designs and manufactures fast-charging solutions for electric vehicles, will install its Veefil-PK 175kW DC High Power Chargers (HPCs) to power SSA Marine’s fleet of terminal tractors. ZANZEFF funds transformative emissions reduction strategies at freight facilities throughout the state.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

Peak charge rate of up to 170 miles of EV range per hour via 120kW DC fast charging. Built-in connectivity provides businesses with detailed data and insights that can help improve overall operations, including route efficiency, asset utilization and product upgrades. More than 600 cubic feet of cargo area.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Autocharge enables a charge session to be automatically started after a driver connects his or her vehicle to the charger without requiring the use of an RFiD card, payment card or mobile app. The Autocharge function works with older, recent and new vehicles with a CCS charging connection.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

In the initial phase, the aim is to install nearly 100 DC Fast charging ports across both coasts, with plans to expand the program to increase access to fast charging across the country. These newly installed DC Fast chargers will be added to the growing ChargePoint network of more than 20,000 charging spots in North America.

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