Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 11, 2023

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. On the last day I knew I would have to get a full charge to make it back to Heathrow and leave it with enough juice for the driver who would collect it. Currently the only other cars with an 800-volt systems are the Porsche Taycan and Audi E-Tron GT.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

These chargers remove the inconvenience of having to wait at a public station by juicing up your car at home while you are asleep. In the United States, there are two types of plug-in chargers available: 120-volt “Level 1” chargers and 240-volt “Level 2” rapid chargers. 4 Enel X JuiceBox.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 18, 2010

It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. Commonly dubbed a "fast charge," Level III is higher voltage and a considerable investment, around $60,000 (including installation) for their 480-volt, 125-amp offering.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. The third essential element of any e-bike is, of course, the battery. OK boomer," indeed.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 13, 2011

All plug-in cars these days come with a 120-volt charge cord. This will actually be sufficient for many if not most Volt drivers, and quite a few LEAF drivers. An empty Volt pack will take 10 hours to fully recharge; an empty LEAF about 20 hours. They’ve kept my LEAF juiced, after all. Cost of upgrade: under $300.

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Blink Charging

JANUARY 31, 2023

Here are a few steps your dealership should take to ensure it is ready to sell EVs: Install EV infrastructure Perhaps the most obvious step is to install EV charging stations at the dealership to ensure EVs are always topped up with juice for test drives and so buyers can leave the lot with a full battery.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

So if you find yourself by Pier 27 in a J1772 compliant or 120 volt-capable electric vehicle and are a Coulomb member or have one of MC's fancy new cards, two spaces with charge stations are available for the parking fee plus an as yet undetermined fee for the electricity. Free Juice Bar explicitly sells charge stations to offer free power.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

For smaller fleets, we have the Blink 30kW DC Fast Charger , which is a small footprint charging station that provides up to 100 amps and 1000 volts of output. Blink, for example, has the Blink 60kW – 360kW DCFCs that disperse 140 to 500 amps of power depending on the model you choose.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Bill lives a good 60 miles from San Francisco, so he needs to get some juice to make his trip home after work. A standard 120-volt outlet - Level 1 in EVspeak. Excuse me, but that’s the point: a little money can create dozens of 120-volt outlets. Bill had spotted an unused outlet in the employee only parking lot.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 3, 2011

Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety." Here's what's going to happen: You get your new LEAF or Volt. Juice flows. Take that every way it can be taken.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. The third essential element of any e-bike is, of course, the battery. OK boomer," indeed.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 1, 2021

Volvo also supplies a dual-mode charging cable, allowing you to charge slowly overnight with regular 120-volt household current or plug into your dryer’s or other 240-volt outlet to fill the battery in 2.5 Moving towards more juice. Charging is easy–with public stations or your home charger.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

DECEMBER 14, 2009

After the car sat for 20 minutes, I had enough juice to get to the auto parts place. I still have to analyze the system more, but here's what I think is happening: The charger can only generate about 175 volts because it gets it's input voltage by rectifying the 120V AC line. volts at 40 degrees F to get to 80% charge.

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EV Info

MARCH 26, 2021

The standard unit of electrical power is the watt, which is defined as a current of one ampere, at a voltage of one volt. More simply, volts x amps = watts. In the UK, the standard wall socket delivers 240 volts. Your power comes from the grid as 240 Volts AC. A quick note on power compared to energy.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 27, 2013

Plug-in vehicle sales are indeed increasing, with the LEAF and Volt each selling about 2500 units in June 2013. A smart strategy would forsee ubiquitous free 120V outlets and a relatively small number of monetized Level 2 charge stations for visitors and employees with a need for more juice.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem. Lots going on with batteries now, as John O’Dell’s piece below illustrates. that got the nod.

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Plug In India

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

At 0600 hrs, gobbled down 3 sandwiches, a cake, a brownie and some pineapple juice. The math is 230 volts multiplied by 15 A gives you about 3.3 We reached the four point Sheraton in Vashi in 45 minutes. After the usual documentation signatures, there was some lovely breakfast waiting for us. We were good to go.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

With a 110-volt inverter and solar panels on the roof and hood, the car can get a boost for its battery from the sun or any electrical source.Asher drove to Nogales High School on Tuesday, plugged in the battery outside the automotive shop and gave Ruben Verdugo’s students a look at the future.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

OCTOBER 1, 2009

He and Charlie put in a FatBoy Harley Davidson rear tire with belt drive to a 72 volt motor. This will provide some, but not all, of the juice needed to keep the FunRunintheSun going 200 miles per day. Jo has done an excellent job of "pimping" the ride, the original kit from Blue Sky Designs in Oregon. 6000+ miles.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler isn’t like the Chevy Volt or Toyota Prius Prime: It doesn’t run first as an electric vehicle when the battery is fully charged, adding engine power only after the battery depletes. A full charge using the Level 1 charging cord took just under 17 hours, while Level 2 charging took about two and a half hours.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 8, 2022

The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX, and its showroom-bound tech, looks to banish range anxiety for good: In April, the sleek prototype sedan completed a 621-mile (1,000-kilometer) trek through the Alps from Mercedes’ Sindelfingen facility to the Côte d'Azur in Cassis, France with battery juice to spare.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric cars the world over to be recharged anywhere, regardless of which recharging station they stop at.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

That said, if that’s your typical daily commute, it’s easy to see how plugging in overnight would give you all the juice you need. The Taycan RWD shares the other Taycans’ 800-volt electric drive system for ultra rapid recharging, but sadly there’s no 350kW charger anywhere near to my home. More good news today.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

You will be able to charge your car at home at night in three to eight hours, but never be in fear of “running out of juice” because a fast-charge opportunity will be available right around the corner at Starbucks, Safeway, Wal-Mart or your local shopping mall.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 6, 2023

And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. Aside from balky chargers, or stations that dispense juice at lower-than-expected rates, other notorious issues include cords that are too short to easily reach EV charging ports.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The basic equation governing the charging of batteries is W = V * A, or to put it into words, Watts equals Volts times Amps. You could leave Los Angeles and drive to Baker, stop and have a meal while the car recharges, and have plenty of juice to make it to your hotel in Vegas.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. Extended-range electric vehicles — such as the Chevy Volt, which GM says will recharge in three hours — offer another route, adding a small gas engine to keep drivers from feeling stranded without access to fuel.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2:54 PM Anonymous said. 5:53 PM Anonymous said. I guess Im your typical V2G user (provider). 2) Inconvenient Truth (2) JCI (2) MGA (2) NSANY (2) PGE (2) SB1.DE SZ (1) 6753.T

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

The new plug-in vehicle will be able to exceed highway speed limits, go 100 miles on a charge and recharge in four to eight hours using a 220-volt line, similar to those for clothes dryers, said Mark Perry, director of product planning for Nissan North America.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 16, 2024

I used 16% of my battery juice in my one sprint session ending with a battery temperature of 93 degrees. 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N When it comes to charging, the Ioniq 5 N can fast-charge at a peak of about 235 kw thanks to its 800-volt architecture. Keep in mind that these numbers are for optimal performance, not range.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Newly installed CEO Fritz Henderson argues that pioneering projects like the Volt typically lose money until the technology catches on. "The Volt is a case study. " In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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