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  • dnotiondnotion
  • August 29, 2024
  • 4 minutes Read
Choose a Hardware Agnostic Charge Point Management System

CURRENT is a hardware agnostic Charge Point Management System, but what does that mean? It means CURRENT works with all electric vehicle (EV) chargers. CURRENT is a hardware agnostic system, that means it’ll work with any piece of hardware (relevant physical components) on the market. A hardware agnostic Charge Point Management System should work…

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  • August 26, 2024
  • 5 minutes Read
LFP Battery Health Degrades At Full Charge, Study Finds

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are cheaper to produce and more stable than traditional nickel-based chemistries. A new study from a Tesla-funded lab found that LFP batteries degrade faster when fully charged. Repeated charging at a higher state of charge increases negative reactions within a pack. Electric vehicles powered by lithium iron phosphate (LFP)…

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  • dnotiondnotion
  • August 22, 2024
  • 14 minutes Read
Testing and refining EV charging standards: Q&A with CharIN's Executive Director – Charged EVs

While it isn’t a standards development organization per se, CharIN works with standards bodies and firms in the EV charging industry to help refine new standards, and to test vehicles and EVSE for interoperability. CharIN’s North America Charging Interoperability Task Force, which currently has over 300 members, is working to help standardize Tesla’s NACS…

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  • dnotiondnotion
  • August 12, 2024
  • 3 minutes Read
Lucid Gravity May Feature Both CCS And NACS Charging Ports

Car companies are migrating from CCS to Tesla’s charging standard, NACs, in order to get Supercharger access. Many charging stations still only support CCS, though. One report suggests Lucid will offer both ports during the transition period, rather than relying on adapters. Lucid has figured out a way to fix all of life’s charging…

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  • dnotiondnotion
  • July 31, 2024
  • 2 minutes Read
Sporty electric Volkswagen ID.7 GTX models on sale in the UK from 1 August

The new Volkswagen ID.7 GTX and ID.7 GTX Tourer can be ordered through any Volkswagen UK Retailer from Thursday 1 August, the German automaker announced today. Prices start from £61,980 and £62,670 respectively (on-the-road recommended retail prices, including VAT). With increased performance from dual-motor technology and dynamic exterior styling, the GTX adds a performance…

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  • dnotiondnotion
  • July 25, 2024
  • 5 minutes Read
Flexible Financing to Provide Access to Rapidly Deployable EV Charging Stations Across the U.S. | EnTech Solutions

ChargePoint, EnTech SolutionsTM, and Wells Fargo to Fill the Financial Gap Companies Need to Build EV Infrastructure San Francisco – ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT), a leading provider of solutions for charging electric vehicles (EVs), EnTech Solutions, a division of Faith Technologies Incorporated (FTI) and a comprehensive distributed energy solutions provider, and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), a…

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  • dnotiondnotion
  • July 20, 2024
  • 4 minutes Read
HOW CONDOMINIUMS CAN AVOID LOSING MONEY ON EV-CHARGERS

Once the condominium has invested in a proper charging system, with electric car chargers for all residents, it is important to keep this investment from becoming a money drain. Most condominiums want the charging system to be self-funding. This means that the users of the charging system pay all costs associated with the installation,…

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  • dnotiondnotion
  • July 17, 2024
  • 4 minutes Read
Judge Approves Fisker's Plan To Offload Ocean EVs

In a hearing on Tuesday, a Delaware Bankruptcy Court judge granted Fisker’s motion to sell off its remaining inventory of Ocean SUVs in a bulk deal worth up to $46.25 million.  Earlier this month, the troubled electric vehicle startup said in a filing that it had found a buyer for the roughly 3,200 unsold…

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