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Tesla lands EU funding for V4 Supercharger installations and expansions

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Tesla has landed nearly €149 million in funding from the European Union to support the update and expansion of its Supercharger network in Europe. It appears the funding will be used to install or upgrade over 7,000 Superchargers to the new V4. These projects have been selected under the Connecting Europe Facility, or CEF.

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Groupe Renault, Connected Energy install EV charging with 2nd-life batteries at highway rest areas

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UK-based Connected Energy and Groupe Renault have installed two quick-charge stations based on Connected Energy’s E-STOR energy storage technology on highways in Belgium and Germany. The E-STOR technology developed by Connected Energy uses second-life batteries from Renault electric vehicles.

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Volvo teams with Starbucks to install EV charging network at U.S. locations

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The charging stations, powered by ChargePoint, will be installed at up to 15 stores along a 1,350-miles corridor from Seattle to Denver. ChargePoint’s DC fast chargers would supply Volvo’s C40 Recharge from 20 percent state of charge to 90 percent in just 40 minutes. locations beginning this Summer.

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Lightning-fast recharging: Lotus leading the charge for faster top-ups with new 480kW Liquid-Cooled Power Cabinet

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Thanks to pioneering new technology that circulates cooling liquid through the charging connecter to prevent overheating, the new Lotus ultra-fast Supercharger rival can recharge at a class-leading 480kW. Finally, there’s a Liquid-Cooled Charging Unit that bundles the Power Cabinets together tocharge up to four vehicles at once.

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ABB receives order for additional 117 rapid charging station in Germany

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The charging stations can be installed in almost every parking configuration and vehicles can be recharged within 30 minutes. The latest generation of charging columns is connected to the Internet via a cloud solution, enabling cashless payments, among other things. ABB has been offering rapid charging solutions since 2010.

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VW e-Golf to be enhanced with improved infotainment, connectivity and range

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It is also possible to drag the main area out to fill the entire home screen, displaying the full navigation map or smartphone integration platforms such as MirrorLink, Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, through Volkswagen’s Car-Net App-Connect interface. This feature significantly reduces the time it takes to recharge.

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Savari launches next-gen V2X solutions to accelerate adoption of safety apps in connected and self-driving cars

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V2X systems can operate independently or complement other connected vehicle technologies, and they offer the benefit of working in a non-line-of-sight environment with a 0.6 1 km range. Savari StreetWAVE RSU. Savari has created a high performance and cost-effective RSU that’s suited for citywide or smaller scale type of deployments.

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