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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

Charged EVs

Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. While a truck-maker and its dealer can help in identifying suitable routes and matching them to electric trucks, that’s only the start of the process. Those trucks are now arriving at selected dealers in California and elsewhere. That’s about to change.

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SoCal Edison white paper shares data about PEV usage and charging

Green Car Congress

SCE is partnering with auto makers, dealers and the communities we serve to help educate our customers on ways to seamlessly connect their new EVs to an ever-changing electrical system. The Southern California region and SCE’s service territory in particular is seeing significant uptick of early plug-in vehicle adoption.

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Pike Research says lack of technical standards could hinder utilities’ readiness for EVs; forecasts $5.1B in spending from 2010-2015 on EV IT systems

Green Car Congress

However, according to a recent report from Pike Research, “Electric Vehicle Information Technology Systems”, many utilities could be unprepared to deal with the impact of EVs on the electrical grid, due to a lack of standards for sharing information between utilities and external systems. billion in spending between 2010 and 2015.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

ISO/TS 16949 is the quality management system created by the International Organization of Standards to monitor the design, development, production and servicing of automotive components. They are usually delivery vehicles working within a neighborhood, and are on the road for 6-8 hour a day and are recharged overnight.

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

EV Adoption

While I was aware of this trend — I see it loud and clear in my own neighborhood — I hadn’t realized how wide-spread this trend actually was in the US. In my own neighborhood I see several EV drivers with long cables from Level 2 chargers in the garage, and extension cords presumably from a 120 Volt outlet. Volker, Calvin G.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Will we have a universal standard for charging? It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And do I understand that it's likely that that would set a de facto standard for all the non-Tesla world? John Voelcker There is already really a de facto standard.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Will we have a universal standard for charging? It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. And do I understand that it's likely that that would set a de facto standard for all the non-Tesla world? John Voelcker There is already really a de facto standard.