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Ford F150 Lightning Charging at Tesla Supercharger. February, 2024.

A Ford F150 Lightning EV Charges at a Tesla V3 Supercharger.

Why Ford’s Tesla Charging Adapter is Good for Tesla, Ford and the EV Industry

February 29, 2024March 1, 20242 months ago Chris Boylan 0 Comments

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.

Tesla Supercharging Not Harmful To Batteries After All!

October 1, 20237 months ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

For many years now, it has been advised to not fast charge electric vehicles too much, that doing so could lead to rapid degradation of your EV’s battery. It’s always been unclear how much this matters, though, and especially across different vehicles with different battery management systems. At times, Tesla … [continued]

Honda & Acura Sign Several Deals To Expand Charging Options

September 29, 20237 months ago Jennifer Sensiba 0 Comments

Having a place to charge is going to be one of the biggest challenges to the EV transition. Tesla realized this from the beginning of the modern EV era, and worked to build a huge fast charging network for its EV drivers, but most of the other manufacturers dropped the … [continued]

Fastned Growth Multipliers annual report 2022

Fastned: More Money In, Less Money Out

September 26, 20237 months ago Maarten Vinkhuyzen 0 Comments

Positive Cash Flow for Fastned In the recent H1-2023 financial report from Fastned, there was one news item I had been waiting for. I knew it was coming, it was unavoidable, and it would be a huge line to cross. That item was positive cash flow that enables Fastned to … [continued]

ChargePost — New Ultra-Fast Charging System With Integrated Battery Storage & Large Screens

December 4, 20221 year ago tyler 0 Comments

ADS-TEC Energy, a Germany-based company, has just added a new battery-based charging system to its existing lineup of charging solutions. The new ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging system, named ChargePost, is touted as one of the most compact chargers. It requires less than two square meters (21.5 square feet) of … [continued]

Fastned Grows Too Fast

October 21, 20222 years ago Maarten Vinkhuyzen 0 Comments

(Readers be warned, this article contains some “tongue in cheek” lines) Last Tuesday, Oct. the 11th, Fastned published its 3rd quarter results. The slides are here, and the webcast is available for replay here. As preparation, I visited some investor advice sites. That was probably a stupid thing to do. … [continued]

Danish Mobility Greentech Startup Viggo Launches Central Copenhagen’s 1st Ultra Fast Charging Hub

August 11, 20222 years ago Press Release 0 Comments

Today marks a special day in the green journey for the Danish capital, as the biggest urban ultra fast charging hub in Denmark will be inaugurated by Denmark’s Minister of Transport, Trine Bramsen. The hub marks the 3rd publicly accessible location by Danish mobility tech startup Viggo. With Denmark’s ambitions … [continued]

10,000 Workplace EV Chargers Now In USA — Boom In 2021

December 7, 20212 years ago Zachary Shahan 0 Comments

Check out these 9 charts on EV charging trends — especially workplace EV chargers and trends — in the USA.

FLO Installs the Northernmost Fast Chargers in North America

November 25, 20212 years ago Jo Borras 0 Comments

FLO installs the northernmost DC fast chargers on the continent — doesn’t mention the North Pole once!

Electric Cars Could Fully Recharge In Under 5 Minutes with New Charging Station Cable Design

November 13, 20212 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

Article courtesy of Purdue University. WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana — Purdue University engineers have invented a new, patent-pending charging station cable that would fully recharge certain electric vehicles in under five minutes – about the same amount of time it takes to fill up a gas tank. Today, chargers are limited … [continued]