Is it too much drudgery to manually connect the charging cord to your car? Tesla Motors is shown here with a prototype charging cord that, snake like, automatically opens the charging flap, automatically seeks out the charging port, and starts charging once connected. It would remove one of the tasks…
The BRUSA NLG6 is a dual mode charger for electric cars that supports 3.3 kilowatt single phase AC or 22 kilowatt three phase AC charging. The latter mode is what allows BRUSA to call it a “Fast Charger”. The unit is small enough to be installed on-board an electric car,…
A slide deck from June 28, 2012, covering this agenda: NREL Electric Vehicle Grid Integration (EVGI) Background SPIDERS and Military Microgrids Proposed Messaging for bi-directional vehicle charging (V2x) Power Line Communications (PLC) Hardware Implementation Lessons Learned Next Steps Original: http://mydocs.epri.com/docs/PublicMeetingMaterials/0712/D2-4.pdf
The electric vehicle (EV) market is experiencing a resurgence with traditional automakers recognizing the need to move into this market. As a result, we are in a moment of exciting transition in which consumers now have a number of EV options to consider. While EVs such as the Chevrolet Volt, the Nissan…
Direct: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/zevprog/stakeholders/infrastructure/finalsaej1772.doc
SAE J2836 Communication Task Force – Rich Scholer, Ford Motor Company A presentation in 2008 going over decisioning between conductive charging (J1772) and inductive charging (J1773) as well as changes in the charging connector. J1772 won out over the inductive charging – during the EV Mandate Era there were competing…
EVS24 – Stavanger, Norway, May 13-16, 2009 Fast Charging vs. Slow Charging: Pros and cons for the New Age of Electric Vehicles Charles Botsford1, Adam Szczepanek – (corresponding author) AeroVironment Inc., Monrovia, California, botsford@avinc.com Original: http://www.cars21.com/assets/link/EVS-24-3960315%2520Botsford.pdf
Using motor windings as part of the charging circuit is an old idea. But with the need to develop a fast charging system, many are looking at the idea again. The ideal is for electric cars to recharge in a few minutes, but that’s not practically affordable. The observation is…
Medium-voltage Intelligent Universal Transformer based DC fast charging development and demonstration – EPRI EPRI has recently demonstrated a proof-of-concept, medium voltage, Intelligent Universal Transformer (IUTTM) with fast charging capability in the latest prototype design. As this overview explains, EPRI believes that a medium voltage fast charging system could result in…
State government has made it their priority to help California communities become “ZEV ready.” When purchasing or leasing a ZEV, drivers think about fueling, parking and garaging the vehicle in addition to the more-typical considerations. Recognizing the challenge, Governor Brown issued an Executive Order that calls for California’s major metropolitan…
From: Plug in EV Handbook for Public Charging Station Hosts http://www.afdc.energy.gov/pdfs/51227.pdf Plug in EV Handbook for Public Charging Station Hosts
The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities for charging electric vehicles in multifamily residential buildings. The study draws on case studies from Southern California, and most of the analysis is applied to the City of Los Angeles. The author is a second…
May 2013 Roadmap for the standardization of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and the electric vehicle service provider business. This is an ongoing living document used by ANSI to coordinate standardization work between all the companies in the electric vehicle service provider space. These companies include component makers (Eaton, Schneider Electric,…
Pay with Plugshare offers a great user experience to pay for electric vehicle charging sessions. Ideally, rather than maintaining ownership in every charging network, you simply tap the Pay with Plugshare button in the Plugshare app. It wouldn’t matter which charging network the station belonged to, you’d be able to pay…
