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Fast Food, Fast Charge

Cars That Think

And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. To keep cars and passengers full, 7-Eleven and Subway are among companies planning to serve up EV charging along with their Big Gulps and sandwiches.

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Stuff We Use: Power Inverters

The Truth About Cars

Power inverters convert energy from a car's battery from DC to AC, so that one can safely use AC-powered equipment in a vehicle. That inverter was actually the size and shape of a large coffee from Dunkin Donuts – in fact, that company would be wise to license its image for this precise purpose.

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Fiat unveils 5 new boxy ‘Panda-inspired’ concept cars

Baua Electric

The first new model will be revealed in July, with the company planning to launch a new vehicle every year until 2027. The battery comes with DC charging at up to 85 kW, which adds enough juice for 31 extra miles of range in just five minutes, according to Fiat. It’s free, with no sales calls until you choose an installer.

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Newly launch by Tesla on its Multinational Supercharger for Electric Vehicles

EV Report

The later was Tesla powered Electric Vehicles that were long range and could depend on DC for charging to cover areas that are run by cars that are powered by gas. Tesla owners can use Level 2 to cover the gap in charging and get enough juice to go to the next Supercharger. But Tesla didn’t have an easy task too.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. That meant looking for a decent public DC charging station in a nearby town. Fortunately the guy next to me was finishing charging his Mustang Mach-E and he “gave” me his cable to use (the cost was being charged to his company card). In summary.

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We experience the 2022 Kia EV6 : ADAS | Sensors | Regen | 150 kW Fast Charging

Plug In India

The Nasik franchisee of NIIT chanced upon his paper – and immediately made Shashank an offer to join the IT company that he was running. It has an interesting gizmo where the 800 V DC gets converted to 230 V AC – and can be accessed via a normal 15 A plug. kWh of juice. I am told that it can do a DC charge at 240 kW!

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We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

Baua Electric

Arc is a very new company – it was founded in 2021 in Los Angeles, and is targeting the luxury boat market with high-powered electric boats. The company has since grown to over 100 employees, and the company boasts that many are former SpaceX, Tesla, and Rivian workers (like, well, every other electric startup).

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