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Is NACS As A Standard In Peril? Probably Not.

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 05 May 2024 06:54:47 +0000

A few days ago, Tesla shocked the charging world when Elon decided to fire the whole Supercharger development team. These weren’t the people who maintain existing sites (thank goodness!), but they are the people who found places to put chargers in, designed the plans for the site, dealt with utilities, … [continued]

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Tesla Cars Should Have V2L Capability

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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 04 May 2024 03:57:22 +0000

I was interested to read in CleanTechnica (regarding Tesla layoffs and slowing demand) that Tesla sales have slowed in the USA in recent months, although they are still accelerating in Australia. My wife and I have enjoyed owning a Tesla Model 3 SR+ for four years and have even completed … [continued]

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Charging At Home & On The Road: How To Get Electrons Into Your EV

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Credit to Author: Naomi Cole & Joe Wachunas| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 15:23:42 +0000

Once you’re ready to drive electric (we hope we helped convince you in our last post), you’ll have to determine how and where to charge your new electric ride. 80% of charging happens at home and 20% at destination and fast chargers, which are essential for road trips. Today we’ll … [continued]

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New Sodium-Ion Battery Could Charge An Electric Vehicle In Seconds, Not Minutes

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 15:10:06 +0000

The electric vehicle revolution has barely gotten under way, and already the goalposts for EV charging times are moving on to the next phase.

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Want To Sell More Electric Vehicles? Let The Salespeople Drive Them — Literally

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 12:53:10 +0000

Many automotive dealerships, which sell the majority of new vehicles, are not prepared for the electric transition. Auto salespeople as a general rule seem not to know much about electric vehicles (EVs), so their ability to generate EV sales is commensurately lower than their internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered vehicle sales. … [continued]

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More Than $26 Million to 37 State, Local, & Tribal Governments to Support Clean Energy Projects

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Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 03:59:19 +0000

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Helping Upgrade Public Infrastructure in Communities Across the Country to Deploy Even More Cleaner, Cheaper Power, Build Up Energy Resilience WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced more than $26.9 million to nine … [continued]

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Pros & Cons of Tesla Supercharging Changes

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 13:52:16 +0000

As you’ve surely heard, Tesla has laid off 500 employees in the Supercharging division, the majority of its Supercharger team. Upon the sudden news, various reasons were put forth for why Elon Musk might have laid them all off. Reportedly, the core reason was that at a time when Musk … [continued]

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Kia Charge Successfully Surpasses 100,000 Subscribers

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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 03:51:51 +0000

The service reaches the milestone in only 2.5 years Kia Charge provides access to more than 700,000 charging points in Europe with its one-contract service Subscribers can easily use charging stations in the Kia Charge network, which is 98 per cent of the European coverage  Since its launch in September … [continued]

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Electrogenic Selects Andersen EV As Official Charging Partner

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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 21:41:34 +0000

Electrogenic, the leading provider of bespoke pure-electric powertrain conversions for iconic classic cars, has selected Andersen EV as its official charging partner. Electrogenic will offer the Andersen A2, the UK’s best-selling premium electric vehicle (EV) charger, to all new and existing customers. Electrogenic customers will now be able to customise … [continued]

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With Tesla Easing Off, It’s Time For Other U.S. Charging Companies & EV Advocates To Step Up

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 03:50:17 +0000

The recent firing of Tesla’s whole Supercharger team sent shockwaves through the EV scene. We were left with important questions about why a team that has been doing such excellent work all got sent home. But, what might get lost in the noise was another announcement from Elon Musk: Tesla … [continued]

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