Twenty Two Motors makes AI-based smart electric scooters and is looking to change the way India rides. Electric bikes are expensive; they don’t have good range, power, speed, or pickup; they take long to charge – these and many such ideas surround electric vehicles, bikes in particular, today. Then there is also the belief that […]
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The reality of electric cars in Australia
It’s the announcement that has many people scratching their heads but is Labor’s electric car plan as unrealistic as it sounds? When Labor revealed its ambitious electric car policy this week, many people greeted it with scepticism — but for many others, it was a statement of the inevitable. The party wants 50 per cent […]
Panasonic makes first foray toward Indian EV charger network
New Delhi trial started with local power provider OSAKA: Panasonic has begun test operation of an electric-vehicle charging station in India, seeking to tap growing demand amid a government push to popularize the environmentally friendly autos. The electronics maker has collaborated with local utility BSES Yamuna Power and set up a station in New Delhi last month. […]
Electric cars are coming. Are we ready?
New study outlines five ways to accelerate the transition to EVs by streamlining charging WASHINGTON: In a few short years, there could be millions more electric vehicles (EVs) on America’s roads, with eight states collectively pledging to add 3.3 million EVs by 2025. But according to a new, California-focused report out today, in order to […]
Super-charge hubs to ease electric car ‘range anxiety’
High-powered vehicle charging hubs are to be installed on motorways and major roads as part of a €20 million fund announced today. Richard Bruton, the environment minister, said it would reduce “range anxiety” and encourage drivers to switch to electric vehicles. At least 51 hubs which can charge between two and eight vehicles simultaneously will […]
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CHARGE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE?
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CHARGE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE? HOW DOES AN EV CHARGE? PLUS OUR EV GLOSSARY Electric vehicles, or EVs, are coming. With recent government policy announcements honing in on a ‘green’ future, there’s some misinformation about charging an EV and how long they actually take to charge. While this […]
Lack of electric car charging points ‘putting off drivers’
A “patchy” network of charging points is discouraging UK drivers from embracing electric cars, analysis suggests. More than a third of local authorities have ten or fewer locations where drivers can plug in their vehicles, with wide variation across the country. The RAC said the network was one of the main deterrents for consumers considering […]
REPORT: 21ST CENTURY TRANSPORTATION
Global warming is already impacting California in devastating ways. In 2018, wildfires ravaged the state, with the deadliest wildfire in history, the Camp Fire, killing at least 85 people, and the largest wildfire ever recorded in the state, the Mendocino Complex, burning almost half a million acres.1 For nearly seven years, the state has been experiencing a drought, which has greatly impacted agriculture […]
Fastest Electric Car Chargers Are Waiting for Batteries to Catch Up
VW, Tesla, Ford roll out EV pumps that give speedier recharges $50 billion in spending on charging equipment needed by 2030 The viability of electric vehicles depends in part on a manufacturing plant in eastern Australia, where gleaming white cabinets the size of large refrigerators are loaded onto shipping crates. They’re among the most advanced […]
How States Can Overcome The Looming Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Gap
88 of the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas do not have enough electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to support the expected three million EVs that will be on the road by 2025 It should come as no surprise that California tops the list when it comes to EV infrastructure programs By Amanda Myers, Policy Analyst […]