Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:14:36 +0000
More food, less pollution: US firm has a plan to decarbonize refrigeration units for electric trucks with rooftop solar panels.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:28:02 +0000
In the past, I’ve covered FreeWire Technologies a number of times. It’s an innovative EV charging business that offers stations … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2024 14:13:27 +0000
FreeWire Technologies is adding its plug-and-play, ultra-fast EV charging stations to GM’s growing pot of vehicle electrification services.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 04:14:11 +0000
Yesterday’s announcement that Ford’s future vehicles would be equipped with Tesla’s NACS charging connector (Supercharging port) signaled a big shift in the industry. Before the announcement, Tesla was using its plug and everyone else was using the CCS1 plug in the United States. It seemed like this would continue indefinitely, as manufacturers of both vehicles […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:45:08 +0000
Installing EV fast chargers is an expensive proposition. This is due to the need for high-voltage electrical infrastructure, which in many cases requires additional construction work and upgrades of existing infrastructure. Additionally, these chargers require more resources and energy than regular wall sockets, leading to increased costs. The complexity of installing fast chargers and ensuring […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:20:08 +0000
One of the big “gotchas” the anti-EV crowd tries to throw at EVs is that they’d fail you in a hurricane evacuation. I’ve covered this before, repeatedly, but no matter how many times we bust the myths and garbage surrounding it, the lie just doesn’t go away. Like other right-wing memes in Florida, it’s even […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 04:33:06 +0000
On a recent trip across Texas, I found myself needing to get a charge in Houston. I remembered a previous article about Phillips 66 installing their first DC fast charging station at their flagship store … which just happens to be in Houston. Plus, I haven’t charged at a Freewire station before, so it seemed […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 14:42:14 +0000
Phillips 66 has always been a decent place to fuel up, but now its flagship station is a great place to charge up, too. And this is just the beginning. FreeWire Technologies announced that it has installed ultrafast electric-vehicle chargers at a convenience fuel station near Phillips 66’s Houston Headquarters, marking the debut of such […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 03:50:22 +0000
One of the biggest obstacles to installing DC fast charging stations is getting it the big three-phase power it needs from the power company. This is not only expensive to put in, but makes for a huge bill every month (called demand charges). Demand charges are based on the maximum amount of power you use […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:00:17 +0000
In some past posts, I’ve shared the story of Freewire’s Boost DC fast chargers. Normally, these chargers require a pretty hefty 3-phase power source to charge cars, but they’re essential to BEV adoption because they help people go beyond half the range of their EVs (because you need to get home, too) on reasonable timescales. […]