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Electrify America, Kia Motors America offer DC fast charging plan for Kia Niro EV drivers

Green Car Congress

Electrify America announced an agreement with Kia Motors America to offer Kia Select, a new charging program with optimized pricing for the Kia Niro electric vehicle (EV) model on Electrify America’s direct current (DC) fast charging network.

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Tesla Superchargers to adopt time-based pricing for non-Teslas EVs

Teslarati

According to Elon Musk, owners of non-Tesla electric vehicles would have to download the Tesla App to access the Supercharger Network. Users would then have to indicate which stall they would be charging in, before plugging in their electric vehicles and initiating the charging session. “There will be time constraints.

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Tesla mobile app redesign previews new UI and integrated Tesla Shop access

Teslarati

Non-Tesla owners would simply need to pull up to a Supercharger stall, indicate which stall they’re in, plug in their car, and initiate the charging sequence through the mobile app. . “We’re currently thinking it’s a real simple thing where you just download the Tesla app, and you go to Supercharger.

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Car “charging treasure”: the third option besides charging piles and battery replacement

Setec Powerr

What if you do accidentally run out of battery while you’re out and about and can’t find a place to recharge it? Well, there is now a “takeaway” charging service that just provides a power bank-style power supply. The need for public charging stations in much of the U.S.

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This startup leverages dash cam tech to make Indian roads safer – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Naidoo said, “What we’re offering is across different types of vehicles and ours can record. “We’re kind of in that level of the industry where people need to be educated about what these cameras are. A lot of OEMs don’t record everything because of privacy concerns.

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Tesla app hints at Dashcam live-streaming features, upgraded Boombox

Teslarati

The updated widget features options for quick controls such as locking and unlocking the vehicle, access charging, opening the frunk, and locking/unlocking a car. . “We’re currently thinking it’s a real simple thing where you just download the Tesla app, and you go to Supercharger. I see what you did!

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At CES, legacy automakers scramble to keep up in AI arms race – ET Auto

Baua Electric

“We’re changing the IT infrastructure, we’re changing actually our manufacturing line so that we can use over-the-air updates in the manufacturing lines. We’re also changing how our dealers are doing it and everything,” Oestberg said. “We don’t have any know-how, even in Honda.”

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