Why Ford’s Tesla Charging Adapter is Good for Tesla, Ford and the EV Industry

Credit to Author: Chris Boylan| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2024 00:32:11 +0000

A few days ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley teased us with a picture of a Ford Mustang Mach-e EV charging at a Tesla Supercharger, Farley promised “more details coming very soon.” Today, the company officially announced that its Tesla adapter is available for retail customers to order free of charge until June 30, 2024. After that date, it will cost $230. This means owners of Ford EVs, including the Mustang Mach-e and F-150 Lightning, will be able to use Tesla Superchargers to charge their EVs at high speed.

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Aptera Responds To Customer Feedback, Makes DCFC Standard On All Vehicles

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:15:58 +0000

A few days ago, Aptera revealed the details for its Launch Edition vehicle. I won’t go into the full details here, but I wrote a detailed two-part article and a link to Aptera’s video presentation here. For the TL;DR crowd, the biggest details were that the Launch Edition will be rated for 400 miles of […]

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The DC Fast Charge Conundrum

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 18:11:29 +0000

The gas pump. It has been around for quite a long time. Despite its more or less superficial changes, it still dispenses fuel (gasoline) from a trickle to a gusher at the users’ discretion into their container of choice (tank or gas can). The payments are cash or credit, no subscription needed. All outlets more […]

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You’re Planning On A Non-Tesla EV Purchase For Cross Country Trips — Seriously?

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:03:53 +0000

You have your eye on an economical Bolt EUV, or your dream battery-electric car, a BMW i7 or Porsche Taycan, but you are planning frequent or even infrequent cross country trips. For this, ideally you will need functioning, unoccupied CCS chargers at 100 mile intervals along your proposed routes. No way! For most proposed cross-country […]

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All Electric Taxi-Hailing Service Nopia Looks To Scale Up In Kenya

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 16:48:33 +0000

Image Caption: One of Nopia’s Nissan Leafs charging at the Hub Mall, Karen, Nairobi: Picture by Remeredzai KuhudzaiNopia Ride, a taxi-hailing service that only uses electric cars is scaling up operations in Kenya. Nopia ran a pilot phase from August 2018 to March 2019. Three used Nissan Leafs imported from Japan and the United Kingdom were used in the pilot program. The pilot phase allowed the company to test its business case and showcase the business plan to potential investors with real trip data to validate its case

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ChargePoint To Lead The Push Into Electric Charging For The San Francisco MTA

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 16:30:00 +0000

ChargePoint is doubling down on its fleet efforts this week with news of a massive deal with one of the nation’s largest transit agencies to supply charging services

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After 12 Years, ChargePoint Still Exists To Make EV Charging Easier For Drivers

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:00:57 +0000

ChargePoint has been an early leader in defining and deploying public EV charging stations from the early days, having been founded in 2007. This month, the company celebrates not only 12 years in operation, but also the installation of the 100,000th place to charge around the world

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Tesla Will Give Drivers More Options With New Navigation Features — Patents Filed

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 23:00:58 +0000

Tesla Patents Navigation With Integrated State of Charge Management

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