At first glance, the Department of Energy’s latest stats on public fast chargers indicate that we’re in the midst of a thrilling standards war, with the two competitors running neck-and-neck. There are two competing DC fast charging standards in the US (aside from Tesla’s proprietary Supercharger): CHArge de MOve (CHAdeMO), developed by the Japanese and… Read more »
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ClipperCreek’s new AmazingE FAST offers 7.7 kW Level 2 charging in a compact package
ClipperCreek offers a wide range of charging stations in many configurations and power levels, for residential and commercial applications. The latest addition to the ClipperCreek line is the humbly-named AmazingE FAST, a compact Level 2 residential charger. The AmazingE FAST operates at 32 amps and delivers up to 7.7 kW of power. It features a… Read more »
New Chinese wireless charging standard incorporates WiTricity’s technology
After years of development, China recently announced a new national standard for wireless EV charging. Wireless charging is expected to be an important enabler for autonomous vehicles, and standardization is critical to ensure that wireless charging is interoperable across different vehicles and charging equipment. The new GuoBiao (GB) standard relies on technology developed by WiTricity,… Read more »
Promising lithium-sulfur active battery material made with low-cost liquid phase process
Scientists at the Toyohashi University of Technology have made an active sulfur material and carbon nanofiber (CNF) composite using a low-cost liquid phase process. Their paper, published in the American Chemical Society’s ACS Applied Energy Materials, claims that all-solid-state lithium-sulfur batteries using a sulfur-CNF composite material show higher discharge capacity and better cycle stability than… Read more »
Accell’s new AxFAST 3202 portable Level 2 charger
Accell is an electronics manufacturer that’s based in Silicon Valley, and also has facilities in Mexico, Malaysia, and China. The company’s new AxFAST 3202 32-amp Level 2 charger is a higher-current version of its 16-amp AxFAST Level 2 charger. The new AxFAST 3202 offers a maximum charging level of 7.68 kW at 32 amps. It… Read more »
Is IONITY’s prodigious price increase designed to steer customers to “mobility services?”
EV advocates cheered the advent of IONITY, a European charging network owned by a joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford, and the Volkswagen Group. The network currently includes 205 DC fast charging stations in 18 European countries, and aims to have 400 in service by the end of 2020. However, the applause has recently been… Read more »
Bel’s new inverter for commercial EV accessories
Bel Power Solutions has launched the 700INV60-120-240-9G, a DC-AC inverter for powering accessories on commercial electric and hybrid vehicles. The inverter converts a DC power source into split-phase AC power at 120/240 volts to power auxiliary equipment such as air conditioning. The 6-kW inverter has an efficiency of 93 percent, according to Bel, and can… Read more »
Pricing announced for new electric Mini Cooper SE
In July, when Mini revealed specs for its new electric Mini Cooper SE, some hailed it as the savior of parent BMW, which has been losing market share to rivals such as Daimler (and Tesla) while sales of electrified BMWs and Minis has grown. Others in the EV press were skeptical of the new EV’s… Read more »
Sparkcharge launches a portable and scalable DC fast charging unit
The all-electric transport system of the future is a work in progress, to say the least. In fact, at the moment we stand near the beginning of the transition, and many aspects of the charged world to come are not yet clear. It may be that the EV ecosystem that we now foresee will prove… Read more »
GBatteries says its AI-powered protocol can charge an EV in 5 minutes
GBatteries has launched an AI-powered charging protocol designed to charge conventional Li-ion batteries as quickly as a car can be filled with gasoline. The company says its system can charge a 60 kWh EV pack to 119 miles of range in 5 minutes. Operating at the intersection of artificial intelligence, electrochemistry, signal processing, and high-power… Read more »