Nuvve Announces Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Pilot Programs

V2G needs yet to breakout from pilot to the commercialization phase San Diego-based Nuvve Corporation tries to bridge the gap between renewable energy and EV charging through the transition of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) from concept to commercialization. It’s not an easy task, especially when bi-directional charging so far was done almost entirely using CHAdeMO standard, which […]

Tesla Model X Tows Gas Truck Away From Supercharger: Video

De-ICEing experiment. When a non-electric car (ICE) is blocking a charging spot, thus preventing EVs from recharging, it’s called being ICEd. Sometimes it’s accidental. Often times it’s intentional. Tesla Trip recently did a De-ICEing experiment with Chevy Silverado truck parked along several Tesla Superchargers. By towing it a bit with a Tesla Model X, which is capable of towing. […]

Porsche Taycan Electric Range: Distance You Can Drive In 24 Hours

Porsche is aiming to introduce a new electric vehicle metric with the Taycan The Porsche Taycan is slowly taking over the high-performance luxury world by storm. The upcoming battery-powered vehicle is being preordered like beer at a frat party, and already, the German carmaker is aiming to push the production numbers per year from 20,000 […]

CCS Closes Out 2018 With Roughly 6,000 DC Fast Chargers In Europe

More than 5 new CCS chargers are installed each day. More than 2,000 CCS Combo DC fast chargers were installed in the past year in Europe, which means that there are now over 50% more places to charge CCS compatible cars. According to the CCS Charge Map, overall there are now 5,981 CCS chargers in […]

Portable Electric Car EV Charger Comparison: Which One’s The Best?

Small, light and portable, but still packing a 240-volt punch We recently posted our Ultimate Buyers Guide to Level 2 Chargers, that included our Top 5 picks for wall-mounted, medium power (30-amps to 40-amps) level 2 charging stations. We’re now turning our attention to lower-powered, portable Level 2 EVSE units, and have selected the ClipperCreek […]

VW Unveils New 360-kWh Mobile Charging Station

To charge where there is no power Volkswagen presents at the turn of the year its new Mobile Charging Station, which is basically a fast charger with 360 kWh energy storage system. Development of such stations was announced earlier this year by the way of 80th anniversary of Wolfsburg, which will get the 12 first, starting in […]

Musk: Tesla Supercharger Network Will Expand Greatly In Europe In 2019

100% of European coverage in 2019? According to the latest Elon Musk announcement on Twitter, Tesla is going to greatly expand its European Supercharging network. The goal is to cover all countries from west to east, and from north to south. Currently, a high density of Superchargers was achieved only in major markets, while smaller markets […]