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Yazaki North America and Evatran partner on wireless charging solutions for plug-ins

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Evatran, the developer of the Plugless Power electric vehicle (EV) inductive recharging system ( earlier post ), and Yazaki North America have signed a Joint Development Agreement to develop and market Plugless Power technology to automotive manufacturers as a factory or dealership option.

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This little-known fact about EV charging apps adds more convenience

Plug in America

Plug in, pay, and start charging – using your preferred app. Within North America, California already requires charging companies to have roaming capabilities, and the California Energy Commission has recently been exploring how to advance roaming expansion among industry players. What does this mean for EV drivers?

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Mitsubishi Motors North America adds AeroVironment to authorized list of charger suppliers

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Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. < —Yoichi Yokozawa, President & CEO of Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. /p>. The Level 2 home charging station connects to a 240-volt line and is capable of recharging a fully depleted Mitsubishi i battery in approximately 7 hours.

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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

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A new analysis of the real-world usage of more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles shows a large deviation between on-road CO 2 emissions and fuel efficiency and the official vehicle type-approval values. —“Real-World Usage Of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles”.

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Honda to advance fuel cell system as core of its hydrogen business; expansion to other areas; new FCEV in 2024

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In 2024, in North America and Japan, Honda will launch a FCEV model equipped with this next-generation fuel cell system jointly developed with GM. This model will be based on the CR-V introduced last year in North America and equipped with the next-generation fuel cell system.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. Starting in 2016, the Swedish brand has included plug-in hybrid versions of pretty much every new vehicle it sells in the US. . Until now, it’s had no plug-in option. My quick road test revealed both pros and cons of the XC40 Recharge.

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Global EV and PHEV sales rocketed in January, but here’s why analysts are gloomy

EV Central

Sales of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids globally leapt by 69 per cent to an incredible 1.1 While the sales dropped 32 per cent from December 23 to January in Europe and 26 per cent in China, in North America the tailing off of sales was just 14 per cent. million delivered in 12 months.

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