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Shell acquisition of charging network Greenlots points to juice as the new gas

Green Car Reports

Greenlots, announced that it had been bought by oil giant Royal Dutch Shell—via the subsidiary Shell New Energies US LLC. Greenlots includes more than 350 mainly DC fast charge stations across the U.S., On Wednesday, one of the largest fast-charging networks in the U.S., the kind.

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First mobile fast-charging service for electric vehicles in Singapore

Setec Powerr

Unless one has a dedicated wall box at home, getting an electric vehicle (EV) juiced up is pretty much left to utilizing chargers in the public domain. With an energy capacity of 52 kWh, the system can – depending on the type of vehicle – juice up to two EVs before recharging. Aside from CCS2 charging, the P.

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Why is maintaining 80% battery power the best choice for EVs? | EV Basics

Setec Powerr

Instead of batteries taking in energy at a constant, predictable rate, the rate changes based on myriad variables, though most notably the battery’s state of charge. The fuller the battery is, the slower it absorbs energy. If your EV has 300 miles of range when fully juiced up, it can go about 240 miles with an 80% state of charge.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

Founder Richard Hatfield claims that the company’s Lightning Strike motorcycle can fill its battery from 20 percent to 80 percent in a little over 10 minutes on a Level 3 DC fast charger. The battery pack holds more energy than the 22 kWh pack in BMW’s original i3 electric car that debuted in 2012.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Battling a non-compliant DC charger somewhere in rural France This means any public charger I want to use, I’ll need to register with each individual company. Sadly, our EV becomes a very heavy energy consumer in the mountains, and range plummets alarmingly. We drive out of our way to reach a fast DC charger. We try again.

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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

That lets the Hyundai and Kia slurp electrons at up to a 270-kilowatt rate, when plugged into a 350-kW DC charger. The Hyundai and Kia can also perform vehicle-to-load (V2L) charging, using up to 80 percent of stored energy to power electronics, small appliances, and even another EV, though with a modest 3.6-kW

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Fiat unveils 5 new boxy ‘Panda-inspired’ concept cars

Baua Electric

Of course, being Stellantis, they don’t seem to be going “all in” on EVs like they have been saying , but are offering these models using a “unique multi-energy platform ” to “ensure maximum relevance to customers wherever they live in the world” – meaning they may be built as electric, hybrid, or ICE, depending on what works best for the market.

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