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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

One major tradeoff is what level of DC fast charging is required to allow trucks to fulfill their duty cycles. A 150 kW charger may recharge a battery pack to 80 percent in about 2.5 Starting out, fleets may want to mix high- and low-power DC fast charging to see which meets the needs of different duty cycles and routes.

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

If someone only spends $100 with me yearly to charge their vehicle at one of my high-speed chargers, I’m still probably going to see in the neighborhood of an additional $400 or $500 in home charging. We took a charging hub live in July that is one of the largest universal charging hubs. Factor at a rate of 0.33

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? Will we have a universal standard for charging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. And so that's what we call "DC fast charging." It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? Will we have a universal standard for charging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. And so that's what we call "DC fast charging." It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes.

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Road Trip: 2021 Volkswagen ID4

Clean Fleet Report

hours to full charge from fully depleted 480V DC Fast Charging To 80 percent charge in 38 minutes or less (from five percent). Driving around town, stuck in stop-and-go rush hour freeway traffic or coasting down hills will recharge the battery. The turning radius was impressive, making for easy U-turns in your neighborhood.

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