EV charger Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:21:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 West Coast Electric Highway Progress in Oregon https://www.greenoptimistic.com/west-coast-electric-highway-progress-in-oregon-20130130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/west-coast-electric-highway-progress-in-oregon-20130130/#respond Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:21:10 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32315 Anyone who’s been considering an electric vehicle [EV] knows that one of the “limitations” is range and recharging time. For commuters, this really doesn’t enter into the picture as long as their jobs are located within that range. On the other hand, what if you want to take your EV on a trip? Some EVs […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/west-coast-electric-highway-progress-in-oregon-20130130/feed/ 0 32315 No Standard for Electric Vehicle Chargers in EU Makes Adoption Difficult https://www.greenoptimistic.com/no-standard-for-electric-vehicle-chargers-in-eu-makes-adoption-difficult-20121127/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/no-standard-for-electric-vehicle-chargers-in-eu-makes-adoption-difficult-20121127/#respond Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:19:52 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28871 Every automaker wants to have it their way, but sometimes a universal standard makes things smoother for everyone. For example, before the mid-1990’s every automaker had a different diagnostic port for computer communications and diagnostics. If you wanted to diagnose a check engine light, you had to have a different connector and sometimes a completely […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/no-standard-for-electric-vehicle-chargers-in-eu-makes-adoption-difficult-20121127/feed/ 0 28871 World’s First Smart Grid EV Charger Shown in Australia https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-worlds-first-smart-grid-ev-charger-shown-in-australia-20121126/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-worlds-first-smart-grid-ev-charger-shown-in-australia-20121126/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:21:04 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=28780 The World’s first ever certified smart grid integrated EV charger was presented at the 10th Annual Australia and New Zealand Smart Utilities Conference last week. The proud makers are the Australian technology company- DiUS Computing’s subsidiary Percepscion. The charger, called Charge IQ, can communicate with smart meters within a network from utilities, by sending signals […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-worlds-first-smart-grid-ev-charger-shown-in-australia-20121126/feed/ 0 28780 Volvo’s 22kW Fast Charger Juices Your Car in 90 Minutes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volvos-22kw-fast-charger-juices-your-car-in-90-minutes-20121105/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volvos-22kw-fast-charger-juices-your-car-in-90-minutes-20121105/#respond Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:50:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27670 Electric vehicles [EV] have one main thing for and against them, their battery packs. The high-tech battery pack installed in an EV determines its range and its charging time, generally, the bigger the battery, the longer the range, and the longer the charging time. Another factor affecting charging time is the on-board charger. The 3.3kW […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volvos-22kw-fast-charger-juices-your-car-in-90-minutes-20121105/feed/ 0 27670 World’s Most Important Automakers Set Standard for EV Charging https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-charging-standard-20120504/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-charging-standard-20120504/#respond Fri, 04 May 2012 09:28:31 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24289 A new agreement between the world’s most important automakers regarding the standardization of electric vehicle charging systems has been announced on Thursday. The new standard is meant to speed up charging and make it more safe. The new charging system will be on display at this year’s Electric Vehicle Symposium and has been adopted by […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-charging-standard-20120504/feed/ 0 24289 Toyota Developing Charging Station Regulator for EVs and PHEVs https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-charging-regulator-ev-phev-20120206/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-charging-regulator-ev-phev-20120206/#respond Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:29:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=22281 Since launching the Prius in the 90’s, Toyota has kept innovating in this field, and now dreams of a world where there will be so many PHEVs and EVs that the existing electric grid, in the way it’s organized today, wouldn’t be enough. For that purpose, Toyota revealed that they are currently developing a system […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/toyota-charging-regulator-ev-phev-20120206/feed/ 0 22281 Nissan to Develop Under-Ten-Minutes Quick Charger for EVs https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-quick-charger-20111011/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-quick-charger-20111011/#respond Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:11:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20706 Would you buy an electric car that charges in 30 minutes? If not, how about one that charges in under 10 minutes… say three? Well, 10 years from now you’ll be able to do just that, thanks to Nissan’s new charger project. After unveiling the newest charger, which will be able to fill an EV’s […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-quick-charger-20111011/feed/ 0 20706 Nissan Unveils Rapid EV Charger That's Half Its Original Version https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-rapid-charger-small-20110915/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-rapid-charger-small-20110915/#respond Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:24:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20434 A new rapid EV charger from Nissan will be made available starting this November in Japan. It will have the same capacity as their current version, but its size will be half of that. In more details, the charger will have a maximum output voltage of 500 volts DC, a maximum current of 125A. Its […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nissan-rapid-charger-small-20110915/feed/ 0 20434 The AAA Helping Stranded EV Users With Mobile Chargers https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aaa-ev-mobile-chargers-20110705/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aaa-ev-mobile-chargers-20110705/#respond Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:27:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=19379 The American Automobile Asociation (AAA) will launch a service allowing stranded electric vehicle users to recharge their electric cars from mobile units. The initiative comes after the Japan Automobile Federation (JAF) has announced their diesel-powered roadside charger at the beginning of June.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aaa-ev-mobile-chargers-20110705/feed/ 0 19379 Chicago to Have 280 EV Charging Spots by End of 2011 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chicago-exelon-ev-chargers-20110301/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chicago-exelon-ev-chargers-20110301/#respond Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:46:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17347 After in late 2010 the petrol capital of Houston has been announced the recipient of a $10 million investment in electric car recharging networks, it's not Chicago's turn, as utility Exelon, along with the city led by newly appointed Mayor Rahm Emanuel want to build 280 charging stations... by the end of 2011.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chicago-exelon-ev-chargers-20110301/feed/ 0 17347 Mitsubishi Proposes Highway Mobile Chargers for Electric Vehicles https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mitsubishi-ev-mobile-charger-20100906/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mitsubishi-ev-mobile-charger-20100906/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:36:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=10026 The Vehicular Technology Conference, hosted in Ottawa, Canada, next week, will be the place where Zafer Sahinoglu at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his colleagues will present an innovation aimed to patch the issues electric cars and their limited battery range have: the mobile battery charger.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mitsubishi-ev-mobile-charger-20100906/feed/ 3 10026 Japanese Super Rapid Charging System for Electric Cars Unveiled by JFE Engineering https://www.greenoptimistic.com/super-rapid-charging-system-ev-20100621/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/super-rapid-charging-system-ev-20100621/#respond Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:05:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=8084 You would normally fuel up your car's tank in about three minutes. Now, with the quickened adoption of electric cars for the sake of the environment, you may also want your future EV to charge in three minutes, right? The industry said it's not possible to do so, at least with currently acceptable technologies. Until now.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/super-rapid-charging-system-ev-20100621/feed/ 0 8084 Evatran's Wireless EV Charger: Lower Efficiency for Sake of Comfort? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/evatrans-wireless-ev-charger-lower-efficiency-for-sake-of-comfort-20091222/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/evatrans-wireless-ev-charger-lower-efficiency-for-sake-of-comfort-20091222/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:36:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5838 Evatran, an EV charging company, announced that they have a deal with product design company Synchroness to mass-produce Plugless Power, a hands-free proximity charging system for electric vehicles.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/evatrans-wireless-ev-charger-lower-efficiency-for-sake-of-comfort-20091222/feed/ 1 5838 San Francisco to Become the EV Capital of the U.S. https://www.greenoptimistic.com/san-francisco-to-become-the-ev-capital-of-the-us-20090219/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/san-francisco-to-become-the-ev-capital-of-the-us-20090219/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:09:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=2382 San Francisco wants to become one of the major green cities in the world by installing electric vehicle charging station.

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