Mack Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, has built a mobile off-grid charging system that’s integrated into the body of a Mack MD Electric truck. The system’s raison d’être is to help Mack customers test Class 6-8 electric vehicles, and evaluate their feasibility for their fleets. The mobile Mack MD Electric charging unit can be… Read more »
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Ekoenergetyka to sell 140 bus charging stations to Scandinavian public transport operator
Polish EV charging provider Ekoenergetyka will deliver up to 140 chargers for electric buses to Nobina, a Scandinavian public transportation operator. Ekoenergetyka will install its Axon Easy 120 kW and 180 kW DC chargers at four bus depots in Stockholm this year, and plans to bring them online by January 2025. Ekoenergetyka sells throughout Europe—it… Read more »
Oomph’s new Powerstream mobile rapid DC charger
British EV charging technology company Oomph has introduced the new Powerstream mobile 30 kW DC charger. The Powerstream is portable, and requires no installation. It’s aimed at applications in which fixed chargers are not an appropriate solution and at locations where deploying fixed charging infrastructure would require long installation times, high utility and groundwork costs,… Read more »
The launch of Power2Drive South America Exhibition and Conference 2024
Sponsored by Power2Drive. Renewable energies, energy storage and e-mobility play a central role in achieving climate protection targets. As efficient and environmentally friendly mobility solutions, electric vehicles have an important contribution to make to the energy transition. Power2Drive highlights the significance of electric cars for the energy mix and transport of the future. It introduces… Read more »
EnviroSpark wins Georgia NEVI awards to install DC fast chargers at Waffle House and Shell station
EnviroSpark’s installers may soon become connoisseurs of hash browns. The company has won a National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding award from its home state of Georgia to build four DC fast chargers at a Waffle House in Tifton, and four more at a Shell station in Metter. EnviroSpark, which won two of the five… Read more »
Eaton’s EV chargers meet California’s CTEP requirements for transparent billing
Intelligent power management company Eaton has announced that its Green Motion EV chargers are certified to meet the California Type Evaluation Program (CTEP) requirements for transparent billing practices. CTEP is a certification program from the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Division of Measurement Standards (DMS) created to ensure that weighing and measuring devices operate correctly…. Read more »
Depot charging for electric trucks could reduce out-of-route miles
Predicting the future of new technologies (or of anything) is a chancy business, to say the least. And yet, companies and policymakers must indulge in a bit of crystal-gazing in order to choose where to focus their investments. Vehicle electrification is still an emerging technology, and the only thing certain is that it remains uncertain… Read more »
Which urban neighborhoods have the highest EV adoption rates, and why?
To date, most EV buyers, at least in the US, have been suburban dwellers, and these folks may not understand what the fuss is about charging. They install a charger in their carport or driveway, and never look back. But for EV adoption to reach the next cohort of drivers, there needs to be a… Read more »
Wells Fargo to offer financing for EnTech’s eSkid EV fleet charging platform
EV charging provider ChargePoint, energy solutions provider EnTech Solutions and bank Wells Fargo are collaborating to offer flexible financing solutions for businesses building charging infrastructure for EV fleets. Wells Fargo has created a financing program specifically for EnTech’s eSkid charging solution, a rapidly deployable EV charging platform that uses ChargePoint hardware and software. The funding… Read more »
Logistics provider NFI opens heavy-duty EV charging hub near California ports
Logistics provider NFI and charging network Electrify America have announced the grand opening of NFI’s new DC fast charging facility in Ontario, California. The charging hub will support NFI’s fleet of 50 heavy-duty electric trucks, which perform drayage operations in and around the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. When fully completed, the new… Read more »
