EV Charging Station Installation Oahu - June 2017 Driving an electric vehicle will change the way you think about filling up your car. Instead of going to the gas station you will get most of your fill ups at home while you sleep, using your EV charging station. Think of your electric car (EV) like your cellphone. Always keep an eye on the battery charge…
The Mili universal car/wall USB charger, tested in the lab I received a Mili universal USB charger for review from Mobile Fun. This interesting charger has some features that make it my current favorite travel charger. It runs off both wall power and car accessory power. It comes with swappable plugs for Europe, UK, US, or Australia, and runs on 120 or 240 volts…
Samsung has unveiled a battery that can give electric cars a driving range of up to 500 kilometers (310.7 miles) on a 20 minute charge, promoting technology that could be key to the future of autonomous driving. The South Korean conglomerate s battery division known as Samsung SDI, announced the cell on Monday, and said it can offer a complete driving range of…
Any electric car that uses batteries needs a charging system to recharge the batteries. The charging system has two goals: To pump electricity into the batteries as quickly as the batteries will allow To monitor the batteries and avoid damaging them during the charging process The most sophisticated charging systems monitor battery voltage, current flow and battery…
Electric vehicles have developed a passionate following in California, but they have largely failed to catch on nationwide. Photo: Michael Cummo, Hearst Connecticut Media ChargePoint s new charging stations are designed to provide fast charging to today s electric cars, and tomorrow s as well, even as battery packs improve. Photo: ChargePoint Photo: ChargePoint…
You have to hand it to Chevy: they’ve done a great job of positioning their vehicles in the marketplace, especially their plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and now all-electric vehicles (EVs). Chevy is checking all the boxes and providing consumers with great products! If you’ve been thinking about going green with your car, now may be the time to take…
Plugshare s Web site shows electric car charging stations throughout the country. Screenshot by Wayne Cunningham/CNET Editor s note: This article has been edited to reflect updated information on the Nissan Leaf. One advantage of comes from the huge available infrastructure: We have electric plugs just about everywhere. There are many more electric plugs than…
Whatever Your Need, ChargePoint Has the Right Station for You Application All-purpose charging for your employees, customers, residents or fleets Fleet depot charging and personal charging at multi-family homes Fast charging for short dwell time parking and freeway corridor locations where drivers need to quickly recharge Ultra-fast charging on major roadways…
Sign up to get a free card. If you aren’t a member yet, sign up. Activate your card. When your card arrives by mail, just log in, go to My Account, and follow the instructions under Set Up ChargePoint card. You can also get more help with ChargePoint cards here. Download the mobile app to start charging now. This also takes less than two minutes. You can get…
Integrated: See all your residential, public and workplace charging with your ChargePoint account. Home works with Nest so you can track usage and save on energy costs. Connected: Updates automatically with the latest software upgrades over WiFi. Use the ChargePoint mobile app to remote start, schedule and set charging reminders. See your energy use and how many…
When it comes to electric vehicles becoming the norm, many people scoff at the idea of having to plug in their cars and wait around for the batteries to recharge. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk may have a solution in the form of a next-gen Supercharger capable of recharging a Tesla vehicle battery in mere seconds. Over the weekend, Musk hinted (on Twitter, of course)…
And all you have to do is park your vehicle on top of it. DOE The research is the first step in creating a 50KW wireless charging system that may someday allow roadways to charge vehicles while they are being driven. The DOE s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee demonstrated the new system in partnership with Toyota, Cisco Systems, Evatran and the…
A lot of people have asked me whether installing level 2 charging is worth it for their Chevy Volt, (Or any electric car for that matter) . The answer to that is a function of several things. How you use the car, and how much it costs you to install the charging equipment. This article will cover the basics, from what Level 2 charging really is, how much you…
EV Charging Station Installation Massachusetts - June 2017 Driving an electric vehicle will change the way you think about filling up your car. Instead of going to the gas station you will get most of your fill ups at home while you sleep, using your EV charging station. Think of your electric car (EV) like your cellphone. Always keep an eye on the battery…
A decision adopted today by the California Public Utilities Commission would result in the nation’s single-largest deployment of charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). The decision builds upon a settlement agreement supported by a diverse coalition of environmentalists, automakers, labor unions, EV drivers, social equity advocates, and EV charging companies…
Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) is building 1, charging stations and helping to turn a Midwestern metropolitan area into one of the fastest-growing electric vehicle markets in the country. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption toggle caption Andrea Hsu/NPR Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) is building 1, charging stations and helping to turn a Midwestern…
The one essential cable that every Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi Outlander Phev, Nissan NV200 SE Van, Toyota Prius or Vauxhall Ampera needs to enable safe and secure charging from public charge points. The Leaf, Outlander and most other Electric Cars use a standard Type 1 in car connector. The vast majority of public charge points offer a Type 2 connection. These include…
The UK’s network of charging points is too fragmented and expensive, writes Alan Gavurin. Photograph: Miles Willis/Getty Images/Go Ultra Low While it is good news for the environment that UK sales of electric cars are rising (Report, 7 February) this trend is unlikely to really take off while we have such a disjointed and shortsighted policy regarding electric…
Many EV and PHEV owners will be able to meet their daily driving range requirements by charging overnight with AC Level 1 EVSE, requiring no additional cost or installation, provided that a power outlet on a dedicated branch circuit is available near their parking location. For drivers with less regular schedules, or longer commutes, AC Level 2 charging equipment…
If you build it, they will come. It s an age-old adage, and in the context of electric vehicles, it doesn t refer to the cars themselves, but rather the charging stations that pump energy into their batteries. Ramteen Sioshansi, an associate professor of integrated engineering at the Ohio State University s College of Engineering, calls it a “chicken and egg…
In the city of Eugene’s public parking garages, for example, each charging unit is used an average of once every two weeks. Springfield officials want seven charging units removed from downtown because some are little used and others are broken. In 2013, the last year that data were collected for the federal government, electric vehicles throughout Oregon were…
