article thumbnail

Tesla confirms significant detail regarding V4 Supercharger

Teslarati

When the first units were installed in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, Teslarati reached out to the first users and found exclusive details regarding the V4 stalls. Current 400-volt architectures will not support anything higher than roughly 250 kW, at least for now.

Tesla 98
article thumbnail

Tesla’s first V4 Superchargers in Europe are being spotted

Teslarati

Tesla’s first V4 Superchargers are being spotted in Europe just days after the company announced that initial installations have begun. On Wednesday, during Tesla Investor Day, the company said it was officially installing the first V4 Superchargers in Europe, and now it seems we’re getting a first look at what is to come.

Europe 145
article thumbnail

Tesla V4 Supercharger details continue to spill: built-in CCS, fastest charging speeds yet

Teslarati

Tesla’s new V4 Supercharger has started its initial rollout in Europe, and details are still continuing to spill out ahead of the first installations in the United States. to qualify for government incentives, the automaker is going forward with some monumental changes. This was a commonly reported problem in the U.S.

Charging 145
article thumbnail

Corvus Energy’s marine lithium polymer battery pack used in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat

Green Car Congress

Lithium polymer battery packs from Corvus Energy were recently installed in Europe’s first hybrid tugboat, the RotorTug RT Adriaan of KOTUG, an international maritime service provider headquartered in The Netherlands. The conversion features Corvus’ AT6500 48 volt lithium polymer battery packs. Corvus uses Dow Kokam cells.

Polymer 218
article thumbnail

Mercedes-Benz introduces 3 new compact-car PHEV models; CLA Coupé, CLA Shooting Brake and GLA now with EQ Power

Green Car Congress

A compact hybrid traction head has been developed for the 8G-DCT dual clutch transmission which follows the same technical principles as the corresponding component on the vehicles with a longitudinally installed engine. It is a permanently excited synchronous machine as an internal rotor. The electric machine achieves 75 kW.

Mercedes 259
article thumbnail

DAF Putting LF Hybrid Truck Into Production; Eaton Hybrid System

Green Car Congress

An electric motor is installed between the clutch and the gearbox, which can provide drive as well as functioning as a generator. Volt cells. DAF is starting to supply the LF Hybrid in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium; countries in which market research has shown that the interest in hybrid vehicles is highest.

Eaton 207
article thumbnail

Rocsys robots help to make EV fleet charging more reliable

Charged EVs

Netherlands-based Rocsys makes robotic devices that allow EVs to be charged without human intervention (see the feature in our January/February 2020 issue). Charged : Can you walk me through the process of installing the arm, and how it works exactly? But in terms of product readiness, I would say early next year.

Fleet 52