USDOT Awards Nearly $60 Million in Advanced Vehicle Technology Grants to Arizona, Texas, & Utah to Serve as National Models & Help Save Lives on Our Nation’s Roadways

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:06:23 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced that it is awarding $60 million in grants under the Saving Lives with Connectivity: Accelerating V2X Deployment program to advance connected and interoperable vehicle technologies. The grants to recipients in Arizona, Texas, and Utah will serve … [continued]

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Florida EV Drivers Will Get The Chance To Experience Wireless In-Road Charging

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:00:24 +0000

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to charge your electric vehicle (EV) as your drive down the highway? Well, folks in Central Florida will get the chance in a couple of years on a new highway in Lake County and Orange County. In-road charging will replenish batteries … [continued]

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Record-Breaking Energy News, World’s Biggest Electric Road Trip — CleanTechnica Roundup

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:30:21 +0000

We’ve got another daily roundup of solar energy, energy storage, and electric vehicle news to share. The cleantech stories just keep rolling in, as more cleantech records are broken and cleantech products make their way into more and more consumers’ hands. In the realm of electric cars, it appears like … [continued]

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Polyphase Wireless Power Transfer System Achieves 270-kilowatt Charge, Sets Another World Record for Electric Light-Duty Vehicles

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 22:44:03 +0000

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have successfully demonstrated the first 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty electric vehicle. The demonstration used a Porsche Taycan and was conducted in collaboration with Volkswagen Group of America using the ORNL-developed polyphase wireless charging system. The achievement surpasses ORNL’s … [continued]

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NREL’s EVI-X Suite Is Premier Resource for EV Charging Infrastructure Analysis at Regional, State, & National Levels

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:15:50 +0000

EVI-X Modeling Suite Accelerates Optimized Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Deployments Massive public and private investments are being made to support the buildout of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the United States, but efficient planning and deployment require sophisticated analysis to ensure convenient, reliable, affordable, and equitable charging for all … [continued]

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My Night As A Climate Refugee Sucked

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 09:50:25 +0000

What I thought would be my last day on the road turned out to go nothing like I planned. Not only did I have some problems with my EV glamping trailer (you can learn all about that here), which needed a repair before I could go on, but then the … [continued]

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Toyota & Pepco Team Up to Research Vehicle-to-Grid Technology in Maryland

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:28:54 +0000

This collaborative effort aims to research sustainable energy solutions and provide local energy grid resilience PLANO, Texas and WASHINGTON, D.C. — Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) and local energy utility Pepco are working together on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) research for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) using a Toyota bZ4X. This collaborative effort … [continued]

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Why Don’t More Charging Stations Have Pull-Thru Stalls & Canopies? How Can We Fix This?

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 10:16:06 +0000

A week or so ago, I came across a social media post from Electrify America that left me a little confused. The stations seemed laid out well. There’s good room, well-marked spaces, and even a lot of space to pull through with a small trailer! But, the company put in … [continued]

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1st Slide for Tesla Shareholder Annual Meeting Adamant to Debunk, But Vague & Confusing

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 21:13:41 +0000

Covering the 2024 Tesla shareholder annual meeting, I’ve discussed two extremes that could be the future of Tesla depending on how the company’s current “big bet” turns out, and I’ve discussed 10 highlights from the main presentation. However, the first page of the slidedeck after the cover was an interesting … [continued]

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10 Tesla Highlights from Shareholder Meeting

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 14:33:46 +0000

Last night, I discussed two extremes that could be the future of Tesla depending on how the company’s current “big bet” turns out. It’s been no secret that Tesla’s #1 focus is now AI and robotics, and that’s now where it will either massively succeed or fail. However, there were … [continued]

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