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Record number of EV chargers installed in the UK last quarter

Baua Electric

25% (about 1500) were DC fast chargers. This is thanks, in part, to local governments gradually taking advantage of central government grants to put more EV chargers in the ground. “I I think there is a coming together of two things,” Nelmes told The Guardian. Some of the barriers have been mitigated.

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Where to locate public chargers?

Electric Auto Association

It is a fact not obvious to non-electric vehicle (EV) owners that every electrical outlet (110v, 220v, or DC fast 480v) is a potential refueling spot for EVs. Public utilities are beginning to launch EV charger rebate programs that are additive to the VW settlement grant program funds. Anywhere there’s an electrical outlet!

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Columbus, Ohio wins $40M DOT Smart City Challenge; $10M more from Vulcan, $90M from private partners

Green Car Congress

cloud partner Amazon Web Services, NXP Semiconductors, Mobileye, Autodesk, Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs, AT&T, DC Solar and Continental Automotive. Columbus was selected as the winner because it put forward an impressive, holistic vision for how technology can help all of the city’s residents to move more easily and to access opportunity.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

The DC and fast charging infrastructures for BEVs are very expensive to construct [ 13 ] & operate, and are wasteful of electricity inversely to the square of charge time (meaning ½ the charge time 4 times the losses, and ⅓ the charge time 9 times the losses). | Greentech Media 12 May 2015. [ 27 ] Watson, Grant and Andrew A.

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Ricardo licenses Qualcomm wireless EV charging technology for commercialization

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Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm has granted to Ricardo a royalty-bearing technology license to develop, make and supply WEVC systems for automobile manufacturers. Power is converted to Direct Current (DC) by the on-board controller and used to charge the vehicle’s batteries. Earlier post.).

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We could take an Oslo taxi and charge it in a bus terminal in Wenatchee, Washington or vice versa. We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. In our Gothenburg and Oslo taxi projects, the chargers are at the taxi stands. Grant Transit, which is in Moses Lake, Washington.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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The Energy Commission approved $18,690,000 in grants for projects that will expand the state’s fueling infrastructure for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. DC fast-charging systems typically provide 60 to 80 miles of range in just 20 minutes of charging. Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California.