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Home Electric Vehicles Archive by category "EV Charging" (Page 3)

Category Archives: EV Charging

ChargePoint et al argues PG&E’s charging station plan is anti-competitive

A battle is being fought in California over whether electric utility companies can own/deploy electric vehicle charging infrastructure.  In the case of PG&E’s proposal, it has drawn huge amount of criticism and in late 2015 the CPUC forced PG&E to limit their plan while the Commission weighed whether PG&E should be allowed…

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Newly planned fast charging stations to electrify I-70 east of Kansas City, maybe reaching St. Louis

We don’t think of the Midwest as a hotbed of electric vehicle activity, do we?  In actuality, the Kansas City area has had electric vehicle owners for 20 years or more.  Over the last couple years, the local electrical utility (Kansas City Power and Light) has built up an impressive…

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Tesla Model X towing a trailer caught violating charging station etiquette

Electric car charging resources are limited, meaning we all must do our best to share them effectively.  It’s bad enough that gasoline car owners routinely block charging stations either from confusion/ignorance or from politically motivated spite.  In some cases electric car owners block charging stations, maybe thinking they have a…

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Tesla joins 150 kW CCS forces, CHAdeMO’s days are numbered in EV fast charging

In late March, CharIN e.V. made the briefest of announcements that looks to make a huge impact on the electric car charging scene:  “CharIN e. V. is happy to announce that Tesla Motors Inc. has been granted core membership in the association on 24th of February 2016.”  This is important…

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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.…

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GM won’t help build the fast charging infrastructure that would jumpstart Bolt sales

Yesterday, a post by John Voelcker of Green Car Reports noted that General Motors has no intention to invest in building fast charging infrastructure.  He had been able to attend a meeting between the press and GM at CES last week.  Several GM executives agreed, no support by GM to…

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VW BUDD-e is likely to have a 320 kiloWatt charging rate, effects and implications

Earlier today Volkswagen unveiled the BUDD-e, a reboot of the venerable VW Bus that had been passed through an uglifier and given an ultra-modern electric drive train and infotainment wizardry.  The most curious part of the car is its recharge time, which Volkswagen described as allowing a “80% recharge in…

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Model S catches fire in Norway at Supercharger, charging system seemingly at fault

Tesla Motors has had a spot of bad news – another Model S has caught on fire, this time not from road debris but while plugged into a Supercharger station.  This happened in Norway, according to a news post on fvn.co, for a brand new car.  The owner had plugged in,…

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Nissan and BMW plan to install 120+ CHAdeMO/CCS fast charging stations across the US

Nissan and BMW announced today a welcome deal to build dual-protocol fast charging at 120 locations across 19 states.   This is another sign of cooperation between two main factions of the competition to establish the dominant fast charging protocol.  For the last five years, a big question dogging the electric vehicle…

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ChargePoint’s host site sales pitch, and the charging station infrastructure that doesn’t quite serve us

BWI-airport ChargePoint installation

With the recent embrace of DC Fast Charging, as well as Home Charging solutions, ChargePoint has positioned itself as a full service electric car charging station network.  Today, ChargePoint held a Webinar targeted at “property owners” who would be a charging station host site.  The goal of course is to persuade…

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ChargePoint Places promoting win-win for both electric car drivers and destination sites

Charging EV's on long trips

Today, ChargePoint announced an expansion of its ChargePoint Places program that’s being used to promote attractive EV-Friendly destinations.   The program is cool because EV drivers are presented with reassurance they’ll be able to travel with their electric car, and charge at the destination.  Showcasing destinations that do offer electric…

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GM’s “range extended EV” fallacy — fast charging is also a range extender

For years we’ve had a little semantic squabble in the plug-in electric car field.  General Motors insists on calling the Chevy Volt a range extended electric vehicle, while in truth it is a plug-in hybrid.  But, point out that obvious truth in certain crowds is sure to cause outrage because…

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Audi et al plans for 150+ kW fast charging networks – success with 200+ mile EV’s

Audi seems to have a clue — for long range electric cars to succeed, there must be a widespread fast charging network offering charging rates well above 100 kiloWatts.  Tesla Motors has demonstrated with its Supercharger network that the combination of 70 kiloWatt-hours or more energy, and 120 kiloWatt charging,…

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German automakers pushing ComboCharging System to 150 kiloWatts for future-proof DC fast charging

An announcement today from Audi tells us that the German automakers are, through the Charging Interface Initiative e.V. (CharIN), planning to extend the Combo Charging System to support 150 kiloWatt charging rates.  This jibes with plans from Audi, Porsche, and others, to begin selling electric cars with 95 kiloWatt-hour or more…

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New EV charging adapter lets J1772 car owners use Tesla HPWC charging stations – cool? or theft?

Tesla Motors electric cars use a proprietary charging plug.  Adapters are available from Tesla Motors allowing owners of their cars to use public charging stations built with standard charging plugs (J1772, Mennekes, CHAdeMO).  Tesla Motors is also deploying charging stations, both fast charging and destination charging, to locations around the…

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