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UK Plans to Add More EV Charging Points Across The Country

Arsenij Percov — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 10:34:52 +0000

The UK plans to install hundreds of thousands of charging points for electric cars. However, the details are yet to be announced by the transport secretary. This will be a part of The Road to Zero Strategy. Nowadays, vehicles and heating systems are the main contributors to air pollution. 40,000 early deaths are connected to […]

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Number of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in the US Rising

Benji Jerew — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:13:32 +0000

Aside from charging at home, the first thing you’ll want to consider when looking at electric vehicles is if there are any charging stations nearby. The same was true 100 years ago when gasoline-powered vehicles were just starting to be adopted, and now there are just over 120,000 gas stations scattered across the US, sometimes […]

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CHAdeMO Charging Stations Up 1,200% in US

Benji Jerew — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:31:51 +0000

While some drivers can get past the “limited range” of electric vehicles [EV], another major sticking point would be “recharge times.” Fast-charging stations, such as the Japanese standard CHAdeMO, or Tesla’s Supercharger Network, certainly make it easier to get around past the radius centered on your home charger. Fast-charging stations can typically give an 80% […]

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Charge Your Leaf's Battery to 80% In Three Hours With SolarCity's Newest Solar Charger

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:21:30 +0000

SolarCity, the company that leases solar panels and that has recently been funded by Google with $280 million, now announces that it will sell electric car chargers that will be able to charge a Nissan Leaf to 80 percent in three hours.

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Battery-Swapping Project Better Place Signs Important Deal With Chinese Utility

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 04 May 2011 12:34:34 +0000

Besides being a place where you can manufacture things cheap, no matter what the processes' cabon dioxide emissions are, China is one of the most advanced countries when it comes to electric cars and electrification, in general. Project Better Place, an Israel-based company aiming at developing more efficient charging infrastructures has just signed an agreement with one of the largest Chinese utilities.

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Solar Charging Station for EVs and PHEVs by Toyota

Cristi — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:23:59 +0000

By April 2010, Toyota will put in place around 21 charging stations for plug-in hybrid vehicles(PHVs) and electric vehicles(EVs)in Aichi Prefecture . The most interesting thing about these stations is the fact that they are charging themselves using solar power.

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Toyota Launching EV Charging Station at Tokyo Motor Show

Cristi — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:45:31 +0000

This year's Tokyo Motor Show was dominated by the Nippon market, Alpina and Lotus being the only foreigners with a stand at the show. Big companies like Daihatsu, Honda, Toyota, Suzuki, Nissan and Mitsubishi presented a lot of new concepts and hybrid or electric cars.

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France to Make Net Improvements on Electric Car Infrastructure by 2015

Cristi — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:57:01 +0000

The French government announced that it plans to spend €1.5 billion (about $2.2 billion) in the development of an infrastructure that will encourage the development of clean vehicle technology and battery manufacturing.

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Electric Car Charging Stations Debuted in San Jose, CA

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:37:00 +0000

Coulomb Technologies, a start-up company whose activity domain is somehow presumed from its title, launches an electric car/plug-in hybrid recharging network in San Jose, CA.

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