Tag: EV Charging
Every plug-in vehicle has the right to access charging stations
eVgo offering fast charging to Tesla’s on non-Tesla charging station
In the North America Tesla cars use a proprietary charging cord, therefore to fast charge a Tesla car in North America requires using the proprietary charging cord. This morning friends in a local Electric Auto Association chapter (GGEVA) noticed that an eVgo charging station in San Francisco had support for…
Tesla Model 3 achieves 1000km in 10 hours on Ionity chargers
Some of us want to take road trips with electric cars. Thanks to ever-more-powerful fast charging systems and ever-larger battery packs electric car road trips are increasingly possible. A year ago a friend in Romania informed me he would not consider an electric car until it could go 1200 kilometers…
Iowa declares EV charging is not a utility, and allows use of on-site solar/wind
Electric vehicle owners in Iowa, and those wishing to drive across Iowa, might feel frustrated with relative scarcity of charging stations. Recently while scoping out the feasibility of driving an electric car from Kansas City to Minneapolis, I found very few charging stations in Iowa. It turns out that electric…
German EV Study: Fast Charging not required at home
LA to Vegas and back by electric car: Another unwarranted slam by a NY Times reporter
Tesla CEO Elon Musk giving flawed charging advice on Twitter
Romania Electric car sales grew 165% from 2017 to 2018 – state of EV adoption in Romania
Electric cars with 400 mile range are coming, and may need DC Fast Charging at home
Electric cars with 400 miles range are preferable, according to presenters at the CharIN Alliance 1st annual North American meeting held in Fremont earlier this week, see CharIN alliance meets on Tesla’s doorstep, presents CCS as the best DC Fast Charging system for electric cars. The main topic of the meeting was…
CharIN alliance meets on Tesla’s doorstep, presents CCS as the best DC Fast Charging system for electric cars
On Monday the CharIn Alliance (the organization behind the Combo Charging System, a.k.a. CCS) held its first North American conference in Fremont CA. The location was a Marriot Hotel directly across the highway from Tesla’s factory in Fremont, a fact that seemed pointed in the direction of trying to catch…
ABB challenges Tesla Supercharger network with 150 kiloWatt CHAdeMO/CCS DCFC charging station
If the standards-based charging networks, and the automakers other than Tesla Motors, are to have a chance, standards-based high-power charging stations like what ABB just unveiled must exist. The Tesla Supercharger network is ingenious only in the forethought exhibited by Tesla Motors to invest in a widespread high power DC…
TI enabling smart EVSE’s by adding WiFi to charging station reference design
Electric vehicle charging stations with WiFi support could become commonplace. Texas Instruments, a.k.a. TI, has just published an EVSE (a.k.a. electric vehicle service equipment) reference design that includes WiFi support and an ARM-based processor. I believe many companies use these published reference designs as the starting point for products, sometimes…
Do we need a 500 mile range Tesla or other electric car?
Bolt and other 200 mile BEV’s opens up the world, only if more fast charging exists
I’m working on a book meant to teach “Range Confidence” as a way to avoid letting Range Anxiety keep us from driving electric cars. The key knowing the capabilities of your car, the local charging network, the ins-and-outs of selecting between Level 2 and Fast charging, and having a car with fast charging.…
Every plug-in vehicle has the right to access charging stations
eVgo offering fast charging to Tesla’s on non-Tesla charging station

In the North America Tesla cars use a proprietary charging cord, therefore to fast charge a Tesla car in North America requires using the proprietary charging cord. This morning friends in a local Electric Auto Association chapter (GGEVA) noticed that an eVgo charging station in San Francisco had support for…
Tesla Model 3 achieves 1000km in 10 hours on Ionity chargers

Some of us want to take road trips with electric cars. Thanks to ever-more-powerful fast charging systems and ever-larger battery packs electric car road trips are increasingly possible. A year ago a friend in Romania informed me he would not consider an electric car until it could go 1200 kilometers…
Iowa declares EV charging is not a utility, and allows use of on-site solar/wind

Electric vehicle owners in Iowa, and those wishing to drive across Iowa, might feel frustrated with relative scarcity of charging stations. Recently while scoping out the feasibility of driving an electric car from Kansas City to Minneapolis, I found very few charging stations in Iowa. It turns out that electric…
German EV Study: Fast Charging not required at home
LA to Vegas and back by electric car: Another unwarranted slam by a NY Times reporter
Tesla CEO Elon Musk giving flawed charging advice on Twitter
Romania Electric car sales grew 165% from 2017 to 2018 – state of EV adoption in Romania
Electric cars with 400 mile range are coming, and may need DC Fast Charging at home

Electric cars with 400 miles range are preferable, according to presenters at the CharIN Alliance 1st annual North American meeting held in Fremont earlier this week, see CharIN alliance meets on Tesla’s doorstep, presents CCS as the best DC Fast Charging system for electric cars. The main topic of the meeting was…
CharIN alliance meets on Tesla’s doorstep, presents CCS as the best DC Fast Charging system for electric cars

On Monday the CharIn Alliance (the organization behind the Combo Charging System, a.k.a. CCS) held its first North American conference in Fremont CA. The location was a Marriot Hotel directly across the highway from Tesla’s factory in Fremont, a fact that seemed pointed in the direction of trying to catch…
ABB challenges Tesla Supercharger network with 150 kiloWatt CHAdeMO/CCS DCFC charging station

If the standards-based charging networks, and the automakers other than Tesla Motors, are to have a chance, standards-based high-power charging stations like what ABB just unveiled must exist. The Tesla Supercharger network is ingenious only in the forethought exhibited by Tesla Motors to invest in a widespread high power DC…
TI enabling smart EVSE’s by adding WiFi to charging station reference design

Electric vehicle charging stations with WiFi support could become commonplace. Texas Instruments, a.k.a. TI, has just published an EVSE (a.k.a. electric vehicle service equipment) reference design that includes WiFi support and an ARM-based processor. I believe many companies use these published reference designs as the starting point for products, sometimes…
Do we need a 500 mile range Tesla or other electric car?
Bolt and other 200 mile BEV’s opens up the world, only if more fast charging exists

I’m working on a book meant to teach “Range Confidence” as a way to avoid letting Range Anxiety keep us from driving electric cars. The key knowing the capabilities of your car, the local charging network, the ins-and-outs of selecting between Level 2 and Fast charging, and having a car with fast charging.…