Mercedes-Benz Gives Hints Of Future Charging Locations

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:18:13 +0000

Mercedes-Benz, like a number of other manufacturers, figured out over the past few years that relying on charging companies and government to power electric vehicles wasn’t going to work out. This, of course, flies in the face of what car manufacturers have always done. It was their job to build … [continued]

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Wherefore Art Thou, Promised Tesla Superchargers For My Chevy Bolt?

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 22:11:37 +0000

It was very exciting a couple of years ago when Tesla revealed it would open up its Supercharger network to non-Tesla brands, albeit with a Supercharger adapter. Up until that point, Tesla had restricted charging to its own vehicle line, and with that limitation came fast chargers that were conveniently … [continued]

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Chinese EV Revolution, Best Electric Cars for Your Money, Solid-State Battery News — Top 13 Cleantech Stories

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:09:14 +0000

It’s the end of another week already, and I’m ready to share some of the top cleantech stories of the past week. The biggest stories of the week center around Chinese EV companies, and that’s probably going to be the case more and more. Check out the latest hot news out … [continued]

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Economist: Go With Slow Level 1 Charging!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:44:38 +0000

Well, this is music to my ears. It was shared with me by Phillip Kobernick, a recent CleanTech Talk guest who I discussed this matter with at length. The short story: Install more Level 1 charging capacity! This is all most of us need! And it’s much cheaper. Naturally, all … [continued]

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Faster Charging Doesn’t Help As Much As We Think

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:49:28 +0000

If you look around on social media, people have a lot of bad to say about the Chevy Bolt. It charges slower than most EVs these days, and with its charging curve, it’s not uncommon to spend an hour at a charging station. Plus, some people are in the habit … [continued]

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Avatr Joins NIO Charging Network

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:52:57 +0000

Changan electric car unit Avatr has become the latest EV producer to join NIO’s EV charging network. It’s the 14th automaker to do so. NIO has 2,442 supercharging stations installed in China, and 11,206 individual chargers at those stations. The company also has 1,660 destination charging stations with 12,887 chargers. … [continued]

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Why Use Battery Swapping? Where Is Swapping is Most Needed?

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:55:05 +0000

Recently, CleanTechnica has featured articles about the COSCO Greenwater 01, the world’s largest electric ship, a container ship now operating in China along the coast and on rivers. It uses containerized energy storage to swap batteries. China has also electrified rail, more electric buses than anywhere else in the world, and … [continued]

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Why Slow Charged Swap is Better Than Buffered Fast Charge

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:46:27 +0000

One can analyze the differences between charging cases by examining the smallest unit of charging, the charging transaction, and comparing the cases. The charging transaction is a vehicle entering a station charge depleted and leaving with more charge. It is possible to use this transaction as a unit transaction in … [continued]

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EV Station & Charger Planning

Credit to Author: Christopher Arcus| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:07:32 +0000

The following is a theoretical comparative analysis for vehicle(s) driving between stations. The values for number of packs per vehicle are comparative and not absolute.  In the real world, cars are not charged solely at fast charging stations, and the number of fast charging stations per vehicles is much less … [continued]

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The Grand Canyon Goes Electric, Again

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:40:19 +0000

A recent announcement from the Grand Canyon Railway shows that not only the national park, but the business ecosystem around it is committed to clean transport. But, before I get to the specifics of an exciting new form of clean transport, let’s look at what it builds upon. The Grand … [continued]

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