A new charging corridor connects EV drivers in Northern California’s Bay Area to the popular Lake Tahoe region in the Sierra Nevadas with a network of high speed DC Fast Chargers. The completion of the charging corridor was announced this morning in partnership with EVgo, when the last two stations in the Drive The ARC system were brought online.
We reached out to Tesla about the issue and the company shared that U.S. Model 3 owners will have access to a similar CHAdeMO adapter “soon” to allow customers to have access to “all compelling networks” in the US.
GreenPower Motor Company has charged into the medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicle market with an array of vehicles that it designed and built from the ground up to be electric. Building the vehicles from the ground up allowed GreenPower to optimize the location of the batteries and the location and style of the motors, among other things.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are still a relatively new technology on roads around the world, but the gears are shifting extremely quickly. For those in the industry with a finger on the pulse of the EV market, it is beyond obvious that the momentum is building. The adoption and growth of EVs are … [continued]
One of the key barriers to most mainstream electric vehicles (EVs) today is their limited range, and with public charging speeds — even using “DC fast charging” — still taking quite a bit longer than a quick stop at the gas station, medium- and long-distance trips can be cumbersome. Unfortunately, most … [continued]
Just before CES officially opened this week, Faraday Future showed off its first concept to the world. It was arguably the most hyped launch in the history of electric vehicles, with teasers surfacing at a regular frequency leading up to the big reveal. At the event, Faraday Future reiterated over … [continued]
The EV charging network is the gas station network for EV owners — the only place to fill up and top off when out on the town, driving around the fringes of an EV’s range. What’s more, charging up an EV takes longer than fueling up an ICE vehicle, so … [continued]
On numerous occasions, I have wanted to know and share some specs or other info regarding production electric cars and EV batteries but had a hard time finding what I was looking for — either because it was buried on the manufacturer’s site, not on there at all and hard to find in … [continued]
Originally published on The Electric BMW i3. By Tom Moloughney A few weeks ago at the LA Auto Show, BMW made news by announcing a partnership with NRG’s EVgo to install an additional 500 DC Fast Charge stations in 25 major US markets. The project is called the DC Fast … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The Swiss company ABB has been granted core membership in the German electric vehicle charging infrastructure association CharIN e.V. The inclusion of ABB — which officially occurred on November 12, 2015 — marks the first time that a non-German company has been allowed … [continued]
