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WattEV awarded $40.5 million to build truck charging depots in Northern California and Oregon

WattEV, a provider of charging infrastructure for commercial electric trucks, recently celebrated the opening of a massive public EV charging depot at the Port of Long Beach. Now the company has secured $40.5 million in grants to build two more electric truck stops in Northern California and Oregon. WattEV has been awarded two separate grants:… Read more »

How big is the threat of hacking public EV chargers?

As regular Charged readers know, most folks in the EV charging field believe chargers should be online, for many reasons—remote diagnostics, user information, participation in V2G applications, etc. However, anything that’s hooked up to the net can potentially be hacked, and EVSE is no exception. A recent Wired article recounted several recent incidents in which… Read more »

Lectron introduces new Level 1 and Level 2 portable EV chargers

EV charging station provider Lectron has introduced two new portable chargers: the Lectron Level 1 EV Charger and the Level 2 EV Charger. The Lectron Level 1 EV Charger is a portable unit designed for on-the-go charging. It offers a charging speed of up to 1.65 kW at 15 amps. A NEMA 5-15 plug connects… Read more »

A primer on wireless EV charging technology

Two main types of wireless power transfer systems are being pursued these days: the inductive type, which is magnetically coupled, and resonantly-coupled systems using electromagnetic fields. The instant availability of maximum torque makes driving even the most economy-oriented EV way more fun than its ICE counterpart, but few would hold the same opinion about the… Read more »

Virtual Peaker launches new EV-managed distributed-energy platform for utilities

US cloud-based SaaS provider Virtual Peaker has introduced an integrated end-to-end distributed-energy platform designed to increase utilities’ grid flexibility by enabling them to build more comprehensive demand-response programs that can minimize EV load congestion. The platform allows utilities to make use of privacy-focused EV telematics data as well as that from internet-connected EV chargers, to… Read more »

EV charger installation expert: Residential V2X could have a great future

Bidirectional charging and the vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid applications it enables (collectively known as V2X) have the potential to turbocharge the EV industry, both by providing valuable features for drivers and by making EVs into an asset for the electrical grid. At the moment, V2X is being used at commercial scale only in certain applications—mostly in… Read more »

Eaton applies a simple power distribution solution to reduce fleet EV charging installation time

When deploying EV charging for fleets, some of the biggest cost items often have to do with running cables and modifying existing parking and conveyor structures. Intelligent power management company Eaton has introduced a new approach to powering fleet chargers that can eliminate costly cable runs—and it’s based on common electrical distribution technology that’s deployed… Read more »

Chroma releases new software platform for multi-coupler EVSE testing

Chroma, a test and measurement instrumentation company, has released a new software platform that has multi-threaded testing functionality for electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) test solutions. PowerPro 5 can simulate up to four vehicles having identical or different communication protocols such as GB/T, CCS or CHAdeMO. The software controls the EVSE to serve multiple connectors… Read more »

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