Wireless EV Charging Is Waiting In The Wings As Public Fast Charging Network Accelerates
The US public fast charging network is building momentum with an assist from NEVI funding, and wireless charging is waiting in the wings.
The US public fast charging network is building momentum with an assist from NEVI funding, and wireless charging is waiting in the wings.
A few days ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley teased us with a picture of a Ford Mustang Mach-e EV charging at a Tesla Supercharger, Farley promised “more details coming very soon.” Today, the company officially announced that its Tesla adapter is available for retail customers to order free of charge until June 30, 2024. After that date, it will cost $230. This means owners of Ford EVs, including the Mustang Mach-e and F-150 Lightning, will be able to use Tesla Superchargers to charge their EVs at high speed.
The second generation Porsche Taycan is focused on better efficiency, more performance, and faster charging.
Worried that frequent use of DC fast chargers will degrade the battery in your electric car? Recurrent says, don’t be.
A few days ago, Aptera revealed the details for its Launch Edition vehicle. I won’t go into the full details here, but I wrote a detailed two-part article and a link to Aptera’s video presentation here. For the TL;DR crowd, the biggest details were that the Launch Edition will be … [continued]
The gas pump. It has been around for quite a long time. Despite its more or less superficial changes, it still dispenses fuel (gasoline) from a trickle to a gusher at the users’ discretion into their container of choice (tank or gas can). The payments are cash or credit, no … [continued]
Obviously, DC fast charging exists, and many people call that Level 3, so why are they saying it’s not real??
You have your eye on an economical Bolt EUV, or your dream battery-electric car, a BMW i7 or Porsche Taycan, but you are planning frequent or even infrequent cross country trips. For this, ideally you will need functioning, unoccupied CCS chargers at 100 mile intervals along your proposed routes. No … [continued]
The second quarter of 2021 is the first quarter showing real growth after the last quarter of 2019. The five quarters in between were a matter of survival during the corona crises. People started working from home, were furloughed, and made far fewer visits to business events or relatives. And … [continued]
Is the Ford F-150 Lighting the greatest idea since sliced bread or an over-priced toy for a few wealthy drivers?