There are just two days left to reserve your spot at the Charged Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure, which starts on Monday. The free-to-attend conference will be broadcast December 4 – 6, 2023, featuring live presentations, interactive Q&As, on-demand webinars and whitepaper downloads. All live webcast sessions will also be recorded and available on-demand after… Read more »
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Swiss firm Designwerk presents container-sized Mega Charger for commercial EVs
Designwerk Technologies, based in Winterthur, Switzerland, has developed a new DC fast charging station for commercial EVs that’s packaged in a container format. After a year of development, the company has now presented the new charger to some 80 industry experts. Designwerk’s Mega Charger is a battery-buffered charging station with two CCS charging points, each… Read more »
Updated OpenADR communications standard helps utilities manage renewables and EV charging
The OpenADR Alliance has launched a new version of its OpenADR communications standard. OpenADR 3.0 is designed to help utilities, operators, aggregators and customers manage the growing range of distributed energy resources (DERs), which includes renewable generation, stationary energy storage, EV batteries and bidirectional EV charging stations. As an open standard, OpenADR is designed to… Read more »
FTC seeks public comment on its labeling requirements for public EV chargers
Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992, the Federal Trade Commission established the Alternative Fuels Rule, which includes uniform labeling requirements for EV charging stations. The labels must provide ‘‘appropriate information with respect to costs and benefits, so as to reasonably enable the consumer to make choices and comparisons.’’ The required labels must be ‘‘simple.”… Read more »
EPRI’s new groundbreaking grid planning tool for electric transportation (Webinar)
As part of EPRI’s EVS2Scale2030, eRoadMAP, is a first-of-its-kind interactive online resource intended to help effectively plan for the power and infrastructure needed to serve light-, medium-, and heavy-duty EVs. With data contributed from initiative collaborators such as Daimler Truck North America, Amazon and Volvo Group North America, the eRoadMAP tool offers fleet operators, auto… Read more »
Circontrol’s next-generation Raption EV chargers feature 240 kW of power, new user-friendly features
EV charger manufacturer Circontrol has unveiled a new generation of its Raption Series EV chargers. At the Power2Drive event in Munich in June, the company presented its new Raption Compact 160, which offers 160 kW of DC charging power. The Raption Compact 240 (with 240 kW) has now been added to the lineup. Circontrol plans… Read more »
TeraWatt Infrastructure breaks ground on heavy-duty EV charging site near Port of Long Beach
TeraWatt Infrastructure is taking a comprehensive approach to providing charging for commercial EVs. The company owns strategically-located sites where it offers both public charging and turnkey infrastructure solutions. Now the company has broken ground for a new heavy-duty EV charging site in Rancho Dominguez, California. Located 15 miles north of the ports of Long Beach… Read more »
Utah DOT receives $43 million in grants to build EV fast charging stations
Utah’s DOT plans to invest a total of about $43 million to build DC fast charging stations in the state. Utah has been awarded funding of $36 million through the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. UDOT will require a minimum 20% private match for the new charging projects, and 75 entities have submitted… Read more »
SSE Energy Solutions to build electric truck charging hub in Birmingham, UK
SSE Energy Solutions plans to build a charging hub for electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) at Tyseley Energy Park in Birmingham. SSE’s charging hub, located near the A45 motorway, will feature 360 kW chargers, and will accommodate up to four electric HGVs at a time. The facility will include a canopy made from galvanized steel… Read more »
KEBA and Easelink work to develop automated hands-free conductive charging for EVs at home
Easelink makes a hands-free, automated conductive charging system that is in operation at taxi stands in the company’s native Austria. Earlier this year, Easelink demonstrated its Matrix Charging technology to US industry players. Now Easelink is collaborating with a fellow Austrian firm called KEBA, an EV charger manufacturer that has sold over 500,000 wallboxes around… Read more »
