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Veefil Quick EV Charger in Australia, a Competitor for Tesla’s Supercharger

Ovidiu Sandru — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:39:27 +0000

Tesla Motors were the first to introduce a truly high-capacity Supercharger. However, like mushrooms after the rain, more startup companies do the same – and that’s good. Today’s best example is a company named Tritium, based in Australia, that designed a supercharger called “Veefil” and which is intended for other plug-in vehicles than the Tesla. […]

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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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AMP and to Make Inductive Charging Available For All Their Electric Trucks

Benji Jerew — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:10:40 +0000

Until now, AMP Electric Vehicles [AMP] has been focusing on converting standard gasoline-powered SUVs to electric power-trains. For private consumers, the electric vehicle [EV] market hasn’t really paid off as quickly as hoped. Fleet operators, on the other hand, have the capital to invest in order to realize future fuel and maintenance savings, up to […]

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Free Charging for Electric Vehicles Boosts Local Sales

Mila Luleva — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:13:51 +0000

Thanks to Volta Industries, the eco-friendly image of Hawaii might just have been boosted up. By the end of the year, Volta plans to install twenty additional stations for charging electric vehicles on the island, bringing the total number up to the looming 292. What is more, the new stations will be completely free, cheers […]

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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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