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Charging EV Fleets: What are the best chargers to use?

Blink Charging

The upfront costs of doing the switch at the same time will be more, but you’ll end up saving money on fuel and maintenance costs over the next several years. For smaller fleets, we have the Blink 30kW DC Fast Charger , which is a small footprint charging station that provides up to 100 amps and 1000 volts of output.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

So if you find yourself by Pier 27 in a J1772 compliant or 120 volt-capable electric vehicle and are a Coulomb member or have one of MC's fancy new cards, two spaces with charge stations are available for the parking fee plus an as yet undetermined fee for the electricity. Free Juice Bar explicitly sells charge stations to offer free power.

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

All plug-in cars these days come with a 120-volt charge cord. This will actually be sufficient for many if not most Volt drivers, and quite a few LEAF drivers. An empty Volt pack will take 10 hours to fully recharge; an empty LEAF about 20 hours. Cost of upgrade: under $300. They’ve kept my LEAF juiced, after all.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Volvo also supplies a dual-mode charging cable, allowing you to charge slowly overnight with regular 120-volt household current or plug into your dryer’s or other 240-volt outlet to fill the battery in 2.5 Moving towards more juice. Charging is easy–with public stations or your home charger.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety." Here's what's going to happen: You get your new LEAF or Volt. Juice flows. Take that every way it can be taken.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

According to the Department for Business, the average cost for standard electricity in the UK in 2020 was 17.2p/kWh. That rate would give the LEAF a cost of 17.2 * 24 to drive 100 miles. The standard unit of electrical power is the watt, which is defined as a current of one ampere, at a voltage of one volt.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler isn’t like the Chevy Volt or Toyota Prius Prime: It doesn’t run first as an electric vehicle when the battery is fully charged, adding engine power only after the battery depletes. How about a lease cost of $265 per month, with $3,940 due at signing? Default: hybrid, not EV. 54k MSRP.

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