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Tesla Supercharging Amenities Really Need to Be Better — Great Example

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Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:57:38 +0000

Also: You Can’t Rely on NACS Superchargers for Cross-Country Travel in Compatible Non-Tesla EVs If you live in northern Wisconsin, you see the “massive” brand-new Quick Trip gas stations/convenience stores everywhere. They are places where you can buy a soft drink, a gallon of milk, and/or a hot meal etc., … [continued]

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Are XPENG & Volkswagen A Match Made In Heaven?

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 04:56:47 +0000

XPENG and the Volkswagen Group have come together in a few big ways now to collaborate and help each other. It’s an interesting partnership, and one that keeps growing and evolving. The latest step they’ve taken together is a plan to build a much larger super-fast charging network together than … [continued]

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Tesla Supercharging: The New (NACS) Era

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Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 03:35:20 +0000

I’ve driven my Tesla Model 3 for over 5 years now. I’ve made over 10 cross-country trips, including the 3000-mile round trip from northern Utah to northern Wisconsin 5 times, a 2000-mile detour to Charlotte, North Carolina (East Coast), and an 800-mile round trip from northern Utah to Palm Springs … [continued]

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Ford “Power Promise” Extended into 2025 for US Electric Vehicle Buyers

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:54:43 +0000

Ford had a record year for electric vehicle sales (despite murmuring about an EV sales slowdown from executives at the beginning of the year). One program the company has used to help spur on sales is Power Promise, which provides complimentary home chargers and installation (as long as the installation … [continued]

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You Can Now Get Free Tesla Supercharging Adapters from Hyundai

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 02:09:43 +0000

Almost every automaker in the US has decided to put the Tesla Supercharger port (or NACS — North American Charging Standard — port) on its EVs in the future, instead of CCS fast charging ports. The challenge, in the meantime, is getting adapters for existing EVs to allow them to … [continued]

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Peak EV Fast Charging Is Up 50%, And So Are EV Fast Chargers

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:21:59 +0000

Naturally, electric vehicle sales have gone up this year, as we’ve reported, and there are certainly a lot more electric vehicles on the road than there were a year ago. Sales numbers are just sales numbers, though. Is there evidence of a lot more electric vehicle charging? Yes, there is! … [continued]

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Teamwork Makes The EV Charging Dream Work

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 04:57:23 +0000

Recently, I took a little road trip. To some people, an 800-mile trip is a big one, but compared to what I did a few months ago (4200 miles pulling a trailer with a Bolt EUV), it’s small. On that last big trip, I noticed that the EV charging scene … [continued]

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More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: The Rise Of The Drop-In EV Charging Station

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:20:10 +0000

The new EV charging station solution from DC Grid combines DC fast-charging technology with quick and simple no-trench installation.

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GM/ChargePoint Deal Shows The Complex Future Of EV Charging

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:32:14 +0000

A new deal between GM and ChargePoint has many EV enthusiasts feeling a bit lost. I mean, didn’t GM recently make a lot of progress building stations with EVgo and host businesses like Pilot and Flying J? To get to the bottom of this, we have to first explore some … [continued]

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Tata Trying to Pull EVs Forward in India

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:47:08 +0000

In addition to some big renewable energy news, Tata Power, part of Tata Group, the largest business conglomerate in India, has been working to advance electrification of the transport sector in India. It’s provided one announcement on this topic this month and one last month. Clearly, renewable energy is still … [continued]

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