Fully electric delivery trucks, cargo vans, shuttle vehicles, and transit and school buses are all due to become increasingly common as fleets go green and diesels are retired. That’s where a recent surge of interest in mobile-charging solutions …
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New Goulburn battery beats grid upgrade for electric vehicle ultra rapid charging
ChargeFox installs big battery at Goulburn to provide capacity for ultra-rapid charging station, and earn money for local grid support.
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Stanford research brings EVs one step closer to wirelessly charging on roads
Stanford University researchers illustrate how wireless charging could be scaled up to boost driving range of electric vehicles on highways of the future.
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The choice for site hosts: open (OCPP) or proprietary EV charging protocols
Public charging stations can be built either with proprietary or open charge point protocol technology. An OCPP specialist provides an explainer on the merits of the open protocol
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One day electric cars and trucks could charge each other on highways
Researchers say peer-to-peer electric car charging system, allowing EVs to “lend” energy to each other, could cure range anxiety and reduce battery size.
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CHAdeMO 3.0 fast charging for EVs revealed, might be backward-compatible with CCS
Electric cars still lack a unified standard for DC fast charging, but the latest version of the CHAdeMO charging standard comes closer to achieving that goal. CHAdeMO 3.0 is being co-developed with the China Electricity Council, and will operate under …
New CHAdeMO EV charging protocol supports “ultra-high-power” 500kW charging
New ultra-high-powered charging protocol – to be first released initially in China in 2021 – will support 500kW charge rates.
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Chicago acts to keep city from becoming a charging desert
Electric-car charging infrastructure in Chicago could use a boost, and the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance Friday meant to pave the way for that. Scheduled to take effect this fall, the Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Ready (EVSE-Ready) ordi…
Wireless charging demo for trucks: 20 kw across 11 inches, 92% efficiency
Wireless charging for passenger cars has been slow to take off, but a recent demonstration shows the potential of the technology for commercial trucks. The United States Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) announced in a press r…
How Tesla’s long range EVs have transformed the grid
Long range electric vehicles such as the Model 3 are transforming the auto market as people but they are also changing the way in which energy utility providers need to respond.
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