Q&A with Charging Interface Initiative North America (CharIN) Executive Director Erika Myers. To the average EV driver, charging may seem to be a mundane, even boring, matter. You plug your EV in when you get home, and when you’re ready to drive again, it’s charged. And that’s the way it should be. But there’s a… Read more »
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Shell opens megawatt charger for electric trucks and boats in Amsterdam
Shell has deployed a self-developed megawatt charger for dual use by both electric trucks and waterborne vessels at the company’s Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam (ETCA), a facility where the oil giant demonstrates current energy technologies. The charging station uses the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a standard for charging heavy-duty EVs that was developed by CharIN…. Read more »
EcoG partners with Switch EV, acquires Josev EV charging OS
EcoG, maker of an operating system that underpins a huge number of EV charging stations from many different manufacturers (see the feature article in our January-March 2024 issue), has acquired the EV charger operating system Josev as part of a new partnership with Josev creator Switch EV. Josev will be integrated into EcoG’s existing suite… Read more »
ChargePoint announces support for Megawatt Charging System
The Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a new charging standard for heavy-duty EVs that industry experts call a game-changer for electric trucks, is in the final stages of standardization, and commercial deployments are already starting to appear. The latest charging provider to announce support for MCS is ChargePoint. The MCS cable and connector will be available… Read more »
WattEV opens huge electric truck charging depot featuring 1.2-megawatt MCS chargers
Two converging trends are set to blow the heavy-duty EV charging scene wide open: charging hubs for electric trucks are starting to open to the public, most of them clustered around Southern California’s busy ports; and the Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is nearing the completion of its standardization process, and is starting to appear in… Read more »
Mercedes uses Megawatt Charging System to charge an electric truck at one megawatt
The Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a new charging standard for heavy-duty EVs that industry experts call a game-changer for electric trucks, is in the final stages of standardization, and is expected to enter the implementation phase this year. Automakers and EVSE manufacturers are busily putting the new system through its paces. In the latest testing… Read more »
Megawatt Charging System from Siemens delivers 1 MW charge during testing
As the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a new charging standard for heavy-duty EVs, enters the final stages of standardization, automakers and EVSE manufacturers are busily putting the new system through its paces. Commercial implementations of MCS, which industry experts are calling a game-changer for electric trucks, are expected to begin later this year. The latest… Read more »
ABB E-mobility and MAN demonstrate megawatt charging on electric truck
The Megawatt Charging System (MCS) is a new charging standard that enables super-fast charging for heavy-duty electric vehicles (up to 3.75 MW, compared to a maximum of 400 kW with CCS). The international standardization process is expected to be completed this year, and companies are already close to commercial implementation. Electric truck expert Rustam Kocher… Read more »
Siemens acquires heavy-duty EV charging specialist Heliox
Electronics giant Siemens has completed its acquisition of Netherlands-based DC fast charger manufacturer Heliox. Siemens says the acquisition will complement its existing eMobility charging portfolio, adding charging solutions ranging in power levels from 40 kW to over a megawatt for commercial EV depots. Heliox’s portfolio also extends Siemens’s market reach, primarily in Europe and North… Read more »
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 »