Pancho Villa Didn’t Steal Columbus, NM’s Charging Power

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 13:08:48 +0000

Over 100 years ago, automobiles of all kinds were in their infancy. Electric vehicles had some serious drawbacks in the range department, but did pretty good considering the battery technology of the day. But, gas-powered cars were even worse, requiring a manual crank to get them started that would keep … [continued]

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EV Charging Before, During, & After Hurricane Milton Struck Florida

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:21:31 +0000

EV charging data and anecdotal evidence both indicate that charging up an EV was easier than filling up a gas tank in Florida before and after Hurricane Milton made landfall.

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Holiday Fun! Taking A 32kWh MINI Cooper SE On A 962km Road Trip From Johannesburg To Afriski Resort In Lesotho And Back

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:12:01 +0000

South Africa’s charging network is growing all the time. EV drivers can now comfortably do road trips along most of the country’s major highways. Drivers can now also do road tips to resorts in neighbouring countries such as Lesotho. To showcase this, Ryan Jarret recently took a trip from Johannesburg, … [continued]

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New Mexico Shows Us The Toll Vandalism Takes On EV Charging

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 03:58:23 +0000

I recently came across something awful on Plugshare: a charging station that took a beating from an idiot before it could even be turned on. In this article, I’m going to discuss the station itself, a wider trend that it’s a part of, and hopefully come up with some fodder … [continued]

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ChargePoint Pitches Affordable Level 2 EV Charger For Commercial Fleets, For Just $699

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 02:40:16 +0000

ChargePoint has launched a $699 Level 2 EV charger for light duty commercial fleets, a price point that supports the case for electrification on a total cost of ownership basis.

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EV Sales Trends, Tesla, and BYD in Chile

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 03:03:56 +0000

One of our readers, “Mateo from Chile,” wrote in with the following note the other day: “I saw Zach’s good article on Tesla’s Superchargers in Chile earlier this week. I live in Chile, and noticed that the latest Chilean EV sales report was published yesterday (for the Jan–Sep 2024 period). … [continued]

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Soaring Cleantech Manufacturing, EV Sales Records, Hurricanes — Top Cleantech Stories

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:39:08 +0000

Our operations here at CleanTechnica got quite disrupted by a couple of recent hurricanes — Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene. As a result, we’ve got a lot of news to catch up on for our regular roundups on top cleantech stories. In this edition, I’m going to break the highlights … [continued]

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Tesla Reaches 60,000 Superchargers

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 03:50:05 +0000

Sometimes it’s nice to just get some simple, old-fashioned, positive stories from Tesla. At its core, Tesla — more than 100,000 Tesla employees — are producing great electric cars, rolling our Tesla Superchargers, and spreading clean technologies around the world. I know, the Supercharger team was supposed to be kaput. … [continued]

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The Blue Ridge Parkway Could Come Back With Better Charging

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:25:28 +0000

My Visit To The Parkway Earlier this year, I had the chance to get out and drive around half of the Blue Ridge Parkway, a scenic road run by the National Park Service that runs from Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Along the way, it runs … [continued]

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Tesla Opens Its First Superchargers in Chile, & South America!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 03:56:14 +0000

Tesla continues to expand into new country markets. Perhaps it’s not doing so as quickly as BYD is, as the Chinese EV giant seems to be expanding into a new market every month, but the US company is gradually bringing its world leading Tesla Model Y (the best selling vehicle … [continued]

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