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BMW and Nissan again partner to add 174 more DC fast chargers in US with EVgo

Green Car Congress

BMW and Nissan have again joined forces—this time with EVgo, the nation’s largest public DC Fast charging network—to increase public access to DC Fast charging stations across the US. This latest expansion builds on the 120 dual-port DC Fast chargers that BMW and Nissan announced together in December 2015.

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President Obama announces new $140M public-private manufacturing innovation institute focused on power electronics

Green Car Congress

President Obama announced the selection of a consortium of businesses and universities, led by North Carolina State University, to lead a manufacturing innovation institute for next-generation power electronics. Applied in an EV, WBG materials could cut electricity losses by 66% during vehicle battery recharging, the DOE says.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

Or three years of charging at Electrifying America stations for either Level 2 or Level 3 DC fast charging. So driving around town, stuck in stop-and-go rush hour freeway traffic or coasting down hills will recharge the battery. It has announced it’s building of a vehicle and battery manufacturing plant in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5: First of an aggressive wave of new EVs

Charged EVs

First, and perhaps most useful to drivers, is the company’s focus on charging, both AC and DC. To future-proof its DC fast charging, the Ioniq 5’s battery pack operates at 800 volts, rather than the 400 volts used for the last 20 years in both hybrids and EVs. Its onboard AC charger operates at up to 10.9

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EV News: Springing ahead

Electric Auto Association

Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) carmaker VinFast brings jobs to North Carolina. Volvo C40 Recharge. Starbucks will install DC Fast chargers at locations along this route. President Joe Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act. Ram EV teaser.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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North Carolina State. Jet Fuel From Camelina Sativa : A Systems Approach North Carolina State University will engineer the oilseed crop. thermoelectric energy converters to recharge the hot and. transportable like fuels, 100% renewable, rechargeable like a. North Carolina State. University.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

February 2007 (Washington, DC) Jackson EMC electricity cooperative by EnergyCS, February 2007 (Jefferson, GA), contact ashedd@jacksonemc.com GreenTomato Cars by Amberjac/EnergyCS, February 2007 (London, UK), contact simon@amberjac-projects.co.uk Hybrid Electric Vehicle Technologies, Inc. Ford F-150 Pickup Truck, July 2008 (Chicago, IL).

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