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Longer charge times bring unexpected benefits to supermarkets

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The Connection Between Charging Speed and Customer Dwell Time Electric vehicle charging stations, particularly DC fast chargers, come in various speeds and configurations. This increased dwell time gives customers more opportunities to browse the aisles, discover new products, and ultimately make more purchases.

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Nidec to Acquire Emerson Electric Co. Motors & Controls Business

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Japan’s Nidec Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer of motors for hard-disk drives, has entered into an asset and stock purchase agreement with Emerson Electric Co. EMC) to acquire EMC’s Motors & Controls business in an all cash deal. Terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. Earlier post.) billion) by the fiscal year 2015.

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Solena signs LOI with Rentech for Fischer-Tropsch technology for first commercial-scale renewable jet fuel facility in Europe

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a bioenergy and biofuels company based in Washington DC, has signed a letter of intent with Rentech, Inc. for the use of Rentech’s proprietary Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthetic fuel technology in Solena’s BioJetFuel project—GreenSky—in the United Kingdom. The Solena Group, Inc., Earlier post.). Do, CEO of Solena.

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Navigant Research projects global market for plug-in charging equipment to grow to 4.3M units and $5.8B in revenue in 2022

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Residential EVSE sales are directly driven by the increase in PEV sales, as many drivers purchase a charger for exclusive use at home. Used in commercial applications, direct current (DC) installations typically supply from 20 kW to 50 kW, although some manufacturers have introduced units with power ratings of up to 100 kW.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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In fact, China accounted for half of the worldwide growth of EV sales in 2021, and IEA writes that more EVs were purchased there in 2021 than in the entire rest of the world throughout 2020. This is partially due to the cost of EVs in these countries, but also with a relative lack of charging infrastructure.

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Road Test: 2024 Nissan Leaf SV Plus EV

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From a nearly empty battery, times will be: Level 1 (120V) – 20 hours Level 2 (240V) – 11 hours Level 3 (DC Fast Charging) – 80% in 60 minutes The Leaf used the CHAdeMO charger, which has fallen by the wayside, usurped by the more popular Tesla NACS system and the one favored by most non-Tesla EVs, CCS.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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Within the EU, it cites examples from France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. Between 2009 and 2011, Chinese buyers purchased 13,000 EVs and PHEVs—more than U.S. Promote alternatives to high capacity public DC charging. sales but well below the run-rate needed to reach the 2015 target.

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