The charging experts talk workplace EVSE: free vs fee, Level 1 or 2, ROI, networking and more. After charging an EV at home, the workplace is the next logical locale to “fill ‘er up.” It’s a place where vehicles generally spend long hours parked. It’s a predictable daily route. And with access to charging at… Read more »
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SAE International announces alignment methodology for wireless EV charging standard
SAE International’s Wireless Power Transfer & Alignment Taskforce has been working on a new wireless EV charging standard for some time. Now, following a “lengthy consensus process,” the group has decided upon Differential Inductive Positioning System (DIPS) as the technology alignment methodology for the SAE J2954 standard, Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) for Light-Duty Plug-in/Electric Vehicles… Read more »
Eaton continues e-mobility expansion in Europe
Power management company Eaton is continuing to expand its European e-mobility business operations, adding new production, office and research facilities at several sites. Eaton has invested in a new production facility for power electronics components in Montrottier, France. The new plant will produce high-voltage power components including traction inverters and DC-DC converters. High-volume production is… Read more »
Frito-Lay makes its first third-party EV shipment
Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo,has announced completion of its first third-party EV shipment with trucking and logistics company Schneider National. Frito-Lay is the first company to contract transport on Schneider’s fleet of electric Freightliner eCascadias. “By working with Schneider, we are taking an important step forward in our efforts to reduce value-chain emissions and move… Read more »
Frito-Lay to deploy over 700 delivery EVs in 2023
Frito-Lay will deploy over 700 electric delivery vehicles in the US by the end of 2023. The company has already introduced a new electric fleet to serve the Dallas-Fort Worth area and recently made its first third-party shipment as the first company to contract transport on logistics firm Schneider’s electric truck fleet. “The introduction of… Read more »
ZEV Station installs DC fast chargers in Palm Springs, scores $2.7 million in infrastructure grants
ZEV Station has now launched its first public charging stations, at the Palm Springs Art Museum in California. The new chargers offer both CCS and Tesla charging plugs. ZEV Station recently secured three California ZEV infrastructure Grants totaling $2.7 million: CEC Rural Charging; EnergIIZE Jumpstart; and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Incentive (HVIP) for ZEV Fleet’s electric vans…. Read more »
Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future
Total control of power usage: from solar to EV and back to the house. Bidirectional charging promises to completely transform the vehicle ownership experience. Once an EV can double as a stationary storage device, it will take its place as part of an energy ecosystem that includes rooftop solar and energy management—and could even become… Read more »
SAE WPT Task Force urges FCC to support wireless charging standard
SAE International’s Wireless Power Transfer and Alignment Task Force is urging the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to act to support the commercialization of wireless charging operating in the frequency band of 79 kHz to 90 kHz. The SAE task force consists of more than 150 international experts representing automakers, suppliers, users, national laboratories and… Read more »
Audi joins the class of 2019 with the e-tron
A new generation of EVs is beginning to appear on the roads, and these cars have what it takes to compete head-to-head with fossil fuel vehicles. They offer more than enough range to cover anyone’s daily commute, and thanks to vast new charging networks such as Electrify America and Europe’s Ionity, they are increasingly able to… Read more »
SAE working to finalize Wireless Power Transfer standard
The process of finalizing standards for wireless charging is well underway. At a recent conference, SAE Wireless Charging Taskforce Chair Jesse Schneider presented the recently published SAE TIR, Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) for Light-Duty Plug-In/ Electric Vehicles and Alignment Methodology, along with plans for standardization by 2018 to support commercialization. The SAE TIR J2954 contains… Read more »