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. […]
Credit to Author: EV News Today| Date: Sun, 05 Jun 2022 15:48:44 +0000
Phillips 66 is getting into EV charging with FreeWire, 100 new charging locations are being added in Finland, more zero-emission heavy vehicles are coming to off-road industries, Audi is reducing annual carbon emissions by around 2,600 tons in the company’s switch to rail transport of batteries, and more battery news. Scroll down for more EV […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 18:15:01 +0000
I recently came across a company called FreeWire on social media, and it looks like they have a pretty good solution to something that keeps rural charging stations from happening in the United States. Before I get to how the company is doing this, let’s take a look at the problem first, so we can […]