itselectric establishes best practices for curbside EV chargers. Q&A with itselectric co-founder and CEO Nathan King. For the last few years, the EV industry has been agonizing over the problem of providing charging for urban drivers who depend on on-street parking, and have no possibility of installing chargers at their homes. EV journalists, including your… Read more »
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SAE International releases J3400 EV coupler recommended practice
SAE International, a US-headquartered global standards organization and association of mobility professionals, has released a new report: SAE J3400TM: NACS Electric Vehicle Coupler Technical Recommended Practice (RP). It establishes a framework for EV charging in North America that includes physical, electrical, functional, safety and performance requirements for the rollout of the standard later this year…. Read more »
J.D. Power: satisfaction with public EV charging infrastructure improved since 2023
The public EV charging infrastructure in the US improved in the second quarter of the year, after having shown improvement in the first quarter as well, according to research conducted by consumer intelligence firm J.D. Power. The J.D. Power 2024 US Electric Vehicle Experience Public Charging Study, which was released last month, brings a fresh… 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 »
Testing and refining EV charging standards: Q&A with CharIN’s Executive Director
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 »
How Irdeto is protecting EV charging infrastructure from cyber-attacks
Q&A with Irdeto’s Senior Vice President of New Markets and Senior Director of Electric Vehicles. Execs and experts across the EV infrastructure ecosystem agree on the importance of connectivity. Connecting EV charging stations to the cloud helps companies maintain reliability, provides valuable usage statistics, and enables cutting-edge features such as roaming, Plug & Charge and… Read more »
One way to reduce parking costs for property owners—give residents a free EV
In our car-obsessed society, providing parking is a major expense for business and property owners. The Delmanor Aurora retirement home near Toronto has found an innovative way to reduce the number of parking spaces it provides to residents, while still allowing them to drive as much as they need to. In collaboration with EV rideshare… 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 »
South Pasadena, California completely electrifies its police fleet
The South Pasadena Police Department has completely replaced its gasoline-powered vehicles with EVs. The city’s fleet of 20 new Teslas will rely on a bank of 34 new EV chargers installed at South Pasadena City Hall. As part of the project, the City Hall, Police Station and Fire Station buildings will be backed up by… Read more »
Rental car agency Sixt uses Guided Energy to streamline charging operations
Are rental car agencies ready for EVs? Last January, Hertz delivered the equivalent of a public slap to Tesla, announcing that it would sell thousands of the Teslas it had bought two years previously. Comments from customers and employees indicated that the mutual PR nightmare was the result of poor planning on Hertz’s part—a particularly… Read more »