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DC Fast Charger at Charlotte Hall Public Library Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative (SMECO) owns and operates a DC Fast Charger in the parking lot of the public library in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. The charging station has one 50 kW BTCPower DCFC. It’s at the intersection of Three Notch Rd and New Market Turner Rd….
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Earlier this year, The Driven reported that Smart had cut prices across both its Australian-delivered models to help boost sales. Now, both Smart #1 and #3 are also on special, with driveaway prices now cut by over $10,000 on some stocked variants. According to Smart, stocked #1 vehicles will have driveaway prices coming in…
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Voltempo has started series production of its HyperCharger megawatt charging system at Tyseley Energy Park in Birmingham. The company has grown from three employees to over 50 in the past 20 months, and the facility was opened by Sir Vince Cable earlier in the month. The HyperCharger is part of the UK government’s £200…
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Gireve, Hubject and Irdeto have announced a new strategic partnership through which they are jointly aiming to expand Plug&Charge accessibility on a global scale. Officially called the ‘Gireve-Hubject-Irdeto Plug&Charge Interoperability Partnership’, the collaboration will more closely look to pair technological advancements with seamless customer experiences in order to address a key barrier to mass…
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The Brookvale bus depot in Sydney’s north has become the first in New South Wales to be converted to offer unique fast-charging technology for battery electric buses, and is the first of eleven depot conversions that will enable buses to be charged in as little as 20 minutes. The state government says the new…
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New battery safety regulations concerning thermal runaway have prompted an evolution in pack design In 2020, the Chinese government issued GB 38031, a new national safety standard for electric vehicles. It set a new requirement for vehicle safety in which passengers must receive at least a five-minute warning to exit the vehicle if a…
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Volvo Group and Daimler Truck, two key players in the commercial vehicle industry, have launched Coretura AB, their new commercial SDV joint venture. Through the JV, the OEMs are aiming to disrupt the commercial vehicle industry through the introduction of a new software-defined vehicle platform and by, ultimately, establishing a new industry standard. Coretura…
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It was World EV Day on Tuesday, September 9, and so no better time to celebrate the progress of the Australian public charging sector in enabling and supporting our growing uptake of electric vehicles to reduce national costs and emissions! As a BEV and PHEV owner/operator for more than a decade, as well as…
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Horse Powertrain will reveal its Horse C15 range extender system at IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich, Germany, offering automakers a compact solution to convert BEVs into range-extended models with minimal platform modifications. The Horse C15 combines a 1.5-liter, four-cylinder engine with an integrated generator, inverter, and cooling package in a unit measuring 500 x…
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LG Energy Solution and Toyota Tsusho Corporation have established Green Metals Battery Innovations, a joint venture company focused on battery recycling. Under the agreement signed by the U.S. arms of both companies, the partners will construct and operate a pre-processing plant in Winston-Salem, a city in North Carolina. The new plant will handle pre-processing…
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Škoda may have a reputation of infancy with many Australian drivers, but it isn’t a young brand. Founded in 1895 in the Czech Republic, it started off manufacturing bicycles under the “Slavia” brand. Fast-forward 130 years and Škoda is releasing its second all-electric SUV into the Australian market. The Elroq is a medium-sized SUV…
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Toshiba Electronics Europe has introduced a new automotive photorelay designed for high-voltage EV applications. The TLX9161T device delivers 1500V output withstand voltage in a compact SO12L-T package, targeting battery management systems in modern electric and fuel-cell vehicles. The photorelay addresses demanding requirements in automotive battery control systems, which monitor voltage and detect mechanical relay…
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