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Germany held back EU EV market in first half of 2024
The number of EVs sold in the EU grew by just 1.3% in the first half of 2024, but the increase in sales would be 9.4% if Germany is excluded, analysis by advocacy group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. The abrupt removal of purchase subsidies contributed to a 16.4% decrease in EV sales in Germany… Read more »
E.ON Drive Infrastructure selects AMPECO’s EV charging software platform
Germany-headquartered E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI), a builder, owner and operator of public EV charging infrastructure, has chosen the charging management platform of Bulgaria-based software developer AMPECO for its Europe-wide CPO network. EDRI operates 6,000 public EV charging points in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, UK, Czech Republic, Norway, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary and Romania. The company plans… Read more »
Constellium-led research project achieves weight reduction in EV battery enclosures
Paris-based global aluminum products manufacturer Constellium has announced that its ALuminium Intensive Vehicle Enclosures (ALIVE) collaborative research project has achieved weight savings in its structural aluminum EV battery enclosures. The project reduced the weight of the enclosures by between 12% and 35% compared to existing aluminium and steel OEM designs, while meeting or exceeding performance targets…. Read more »
ChargeGuru x Zeplug to use AMPECO’s software to power its European EV charging network
Paris-based EV charging infrastructure provider ChargeGuru x Zeplug has partnered with global EV charging management platform provider AMPECO, headquartered in Bulgaria, to power its network of charging stations in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the UK and Ireland. ChargeGuru and Zeplug merged in 2023 to combine the two companies’ strengths: ChargeGuru’s network of local… Read more »
Beam Global acquires power electronics manufacturer Telcom
Beam Global, the maker of an innovative solar-powered off-grid EV charging solution, has acquired Belgrade-based Telcom, which engineers and manufactures specialized power electronics, including inverters, charge controllers, power supplies and LED lighting. The acquisition of Telcom will enable Beam to replace third-party power electronic components with in-house engineered and manufactured solutions. Beam says its suite… Read more »
Porsche powers plant in Germany with second-life EV batteries
The new stationary energy storage system (ESS) that supplies power to the Porsche plant in Leipzig covers an area nearly as big as two basketball courts and is made up of 4,400 end-of-service-life Taycan batteries salvaged from pre-series and works vehicles. The system has a total energy capacity of 10 MWh, and can deliver up… Read more »
Renewable energy sources for off-grid EV charging
In the previous article on off-grid EV charging, the focus was on the energy storage battery and the DC-AC inverter that supplies the EV charger (and all of the other AC loads). This time the focus will be on the renewable energy sources themselves. For reasons of practicality (and availability) the emphasis will be on… Read more »
2024 Chevy Equinox EV: Is this the electric SUV for average Americans?
It took far too long to get here, but it may have been worth the wait. The 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, GM’s smallest and least expensive battery-electric vehicle, is finally rolling into dealerships across the country. Now we’ve driven it, and it’s good. You can view the electric Equinox as the anti-Tesla. Where the Silicon… Read more »
ChargePoint’s new Omni Port incorporates CCS and NACS EV fast charging connectors
US public EV charging providers are rapidly adding NACS (SAE J3400) connectors to their charging stations. Industry giant ChargePoint has introduced Omni Port, an EV connector solution that allows drivers of all makes of EVs to charge at the same station by combining “the most prevalent connector types” (which we assume means CCS and NACS)… Read more »