EV drivers shouldn’t have to understand kilowatts—or drive up to a dead charger. Chargeway has an answer for all that. The Chargeway EV charging app may still be the best electric-car idea you’ve never heard of. Not as well-known or as widely distributed as Plugshare or A Better Route Planner (ABRP), it remains among the… Read more »
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Advantages of Dynamic Power Sharing at the Charger: EVSE Solutions for Fleet Charging
In this session, we will discuss a high-power 600 kW charging solution that allows dynamic allocation of power via four independent plugs for fleet charging. The charger architecture and software solutions will be explained in detail, showing the advantage when compared to individual chargers. The availability of different connector outputs will also be presented as… Read more »
The advantages of dynamic power sharing EV chargers for fleets (Webinar)
In this session at the Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure, we will discuss a high-power 600 kW charging solution that allows dynamic allocation of power via four independent plugs for fleet charging. The charger architecture and software solutions will be explained in detail, showing the advantage when compared to individual chargers. The availability of different… Read more »
Major UK petrol station chain to buy Tesla EV chargers
British petrol station operator EG Group plans to buy Tesla fast charging stations for its evpoint European EV charging network. This is the second known sale of Tesla chargers to another charge point operator, following a recent order from bp pulse. EG’s Tesla chargers will be accessible to all EV drivers regardless of brand, and… Read more »
ChargePoint’s new 500 kW DC fast charging platform debuts as the power behind Mercedes charging network
EV charging powerhouse ChargePoint has developed a new DC fast charging platform that can deliver charging speeds up to 500 kW. In the first large-scale deployment of the new Express Plus Power Link 2000 system, it will power Mercedes-Benz’s new HPC NA charging network, which the automaker is touting as a premium network commensurate with… Read more »
Next Jeep Wrangler to be available only as a plug-in vehicle
Fans of Jeeps, with their rugged, noisy, militaristic image, would seem to be unlikely buyers of EVs. But if you look at vehicle performance rather than demographic identity, a different picture emerges. As prolific EV writer John Voelcker recently noted, off-roading is actually an ideal application for EVs. “Maximum torque at extremely low motor speeds,… Read more »
Charge in Under 10 minutes with the New CCS-1 from BRUGG eConnect
EV charging on the road must be quick and easy. With BRUGG eConnect’s PURWIL HPC 850+ cooled—the newest addition to the range of CCS-1 plugs (IP69)—the company now offers a fast charging solution that long-distance EV drivers will look forward to. Watch this webinar to learn more about BRUGG eConnect’s charging solutions and their advantages…. Read more »
Charge in Under 10 minutes with the New CCS-1 from BRUGG eConnect
EV charging on the road must be quick and easy. With BRUGG eConnect’s PURWIL HPC 850+ cooled—the newest addition to the range of CCS-1 plugs (IP69)—the company now offers a fast charging solution that long-distance EV drivers will look forward to. Join this webinar to learn more about BRUGG eConnect’s charging solutions and their advantages…. Read more »
EVgo takes steps to promote better charger reliability, releases best practices guide
The bad news about public EV charging is everywhere you look—from trade publications like Charged to consumer mags and local newspapers. The good news is that charging operators are well aware of the reliability problems, and are taking steps to address them. In January, EVgo created a comprehensive maintenance program called EVgo ReNew, and has… Read more »
Packaging second-life EV batteries into a plug-and-play energy storage system
Q&A with Smartville CEO and co-founder Antoni Tong What do EV batteries have in common with athletes and politicians? Once they age out (or get voted out) of their positions, they have the opportunity to have a lucrative (and in the case of batteries, useful) second career. Repurposing depleted EV batteries for stationary storage applications… Read more »