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500kW wireless charging keeps electric trucks working in bitter cold

Baua Electric

Several such plates are now in place at the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles, aimed at mitigating emissions. Depending on the language specified in a particular union’s employee contracts, the act of physically plugging in an electric truck or yard jockey might be prohibited for stevedores at ports.

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CARB approves Electrify America’s second $200M investment in California

Green Car Congress

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim. Highways & Regional Routes: The new Cycle 2 investments will continue to build out a highway network of DCFC stations featuring charging power up to 350 kilowatts which can recharge a vehicle at up to 20 miles of range per minute. The company also will invest in rural Level 2 charging. Santa Rosa.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

For some (not all) use cases, the economic advantages of going electric have been clear for a long time, and yet we’ve seen a dozen EV manufacturers go bust while trying to address the commercial market, while fleet operators continue to buy diesel vehicles, which continue to belch out clouds of oily black smoke.

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

At least GM sent this nifty printed banner explaining all about the new J1772 industry standard recharging plug. They even had a real plug connected to their toy car on the exhibit hall. Coulomb offers a family of products and services that provide a plug-in vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Audi announces A3 e-tron battery electric vehicle pilot program in US

Green Car Congress

Audi introduced the battery-electric Audi A3 e-tron US pilot program at TED2012 in Long Beach, California. The Audi A3 e-tron can be recharged in about nine hours with a 230-volt household socket. This marks Audi’s first foray into the rapidly developing US electric vehicle landscape. It stores 26.5

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

It takes so long to write a standard, for everybody in the industry to come together and come to an agreement. However, the high power requirements of these vehicles mean that vehicle designers face unique technical challenges, especially when it comes to circuit protection. The standards committees just don’t move that fast.