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DC fast chargers are replacing old phone boxes in Ireland

Electrek

EasyGo, Ireland’s largest private EV charging network, today announced a new investment in DC fast chargers in towns and villages, and they’re going to be sited where old phone boxes used to be. The post DC fast chargers are replacing old phone boxes in Ireland appeared first on Electrek.

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Nissan to lead EC-backed multi-standard rapid charge network project in UK and Ireland

Green Car Congress

Nissan is leading a consortium which aims to establish a network of rapid chargers for electric vehicles running the full length and breadth of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The units are compatible with cars using 44kW DC CCS, 44 kW DC CHAdeMO or 43 kW AC systems.

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ABB launches Terra 53 DC fast charger in NA; SAE Combo and CHAdeMO

Green Car Congress

This 50 kW DC fast charging station meets both SAE Combo and CHAdeMO standards for battery electric vehicles. The Terra 53 joins the ABB Terra family of DC charging stations that offer fast charging times with industry leading, business-to-business network solutions.

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New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

Green Car Congress

The bottom overall countries in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (21) Italy (22) United Kingdom (23) Hungary (24) Romania (25) Ireland (26) Poland (27) Lithuania (28) Greece (29) Malta (30) Cyprus. This led to a proliferation of AC charging since DC charging had not yet been standardized. Methodology.

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Electric car chargers to be required in all new house and office builds in England

EV Info

The legislation will not apply to Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland as such issues are matters for the devolved parliaments, though they may themselves introduce similar legislation in time. By default, chargers will be set to send power to the cars during the night, when demand is lower. Will it be compulsory on older homes?

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

Cars That Think

And with that EV story— so last time I was home in Ireland, one of the stories was— so they had bought this fleet of buses to put in Dublin to replace these double-decker buses, electric double-deck, to help Ireland hit its carbon targets. As I say, these power adapters that convert AC to DC, they get more efficient.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance Signs Zero-Emission Partnership in Vancouver

Green Car Congress

Renault-Nissan Alliance has begun ZEV initiatives in Kanagawa Prefecture and Yokohama in Japan, as well as in Israel, Denmark, Portugal, Monaco, the UK, France, Switzerland, Ireland, China and Hong Kong.

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