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Tritium Veefil-RT 50 kW fast chargers chosen for EV and V2G research project in Slovakia

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As part of a research project into e-mobility and Vehicle to Grid (V2G) charging in Slovakia, a Tritium Veefil-RT 50kW DC fast charger has been installed at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. All the Veefil-RT chargers are positioned along the Belgium motorway system, linking the country’s major cities.

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ABB, Fastned support Autocharge automatic authorization for charging sessions

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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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ABB deploys Austria’s first EV fast-charging network

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ABB has delivered and installed Austria’s first network of direct current (DC) fast-charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). CHAdeMO standard; it offers one 50 kW max connection. In July, ABB acquired Netherlands-based Epyon Power ( earlier post ) and created the Product Group EV Charging Infrastructure.

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ABB installing electric-vehicle fast chargers at BP service stations in Netherlands

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Power and automation technology group ABB has started installing multiple fast-charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs) at some BP service stations in the Netherlands as part of a nationwide trial. Prestige GreenCab, a Dutch taxi operator with a large electric-vehicle fleet, took the initiative for the installations in Utrecht.

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Rocsys robots help to make EV fleet charging more reliable

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Netherlands-based Rocsys makes robotic devices that allow EVs to be charged without human intervention (see the feature in our January/February 2020 issue). Erin Galiger: I think there’s also the pairing pieces, because opportunity charging is just a vehicle pulling up, and the robot sensing the port, seeing the port, and connecting.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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But what’s most interesting about the mammoth, £580 million project isn’t so much the turbines as the subsea transmission link that will connect the wind farm to the Scottish mainland. According to Plet, wind energy is driving an acceleration of HVDC installations in Europe. By 2030, the European Union seeks to roughly double, to 42.5

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RESPONSE TO: Ministry of Transport’s Charging Our Future: Discussion Document

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There are also innovative ideas that could be explored if businesses wish to install chargers in their employee’s home – e.g. forms of tax incentives. installing chargers in residential homes at scale.) Clear guidance and support needs to be given to ensure households and workplaces can install and use smart charging.

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