Combined Charging Standard (CCS)
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Nissan and BMW claim to have add DC fast-charging stations at 120 locations in 19 states.
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Some BMW i3 Electric-Car Owners Get Expanded Free Fast Charging
As DC fast-charging networks emerge as a crucial battleground for long-range electric cars, BMW will expand its ChargeNow program for owners of its i3 electric hatchback. Announced last week at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the expanded program will give those drivers access to 500 additional DC...
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One-Quarter Of All Audis To Be Electric In 10 Years, Company Says
It was an audacious statement, but there it was. Audi expects that 25 percent of the cars it sells just 10 years hence will be either battery-electric or plug-in hybrid models. And it came directly from Scott Keogh, president of Audi of America, in front of a packed media audience at the Los...
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Audi e-Tron Electric Car To Offer 150-kW Quick Charging Sites
It’s increasingly clear that the German prestige brands plan to launch luxury electric cars that will go head-to-head with upstart Tesla Motors and its Model S and Model X. But a sexy, fast, comfortable, luxurious electric car will not be enough to compete effectively. The German brands must...
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Where Are Electric-Car DC Fast-Charging Stations? Depends On The Car
Tesla and other carmakers are deploying DC fast-charging stations differently.
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Buying An Electric Car: Why Charging Rate, DC Quick-Charging Matter
We all know how to compare horsepower, acceleration, and gas mileage. Practical car buyers know to look at cargo volume, too. But when it comes to buying your first electric car, there are a few things you need to know about charging. Like the better-known measurements, the rate at which a plug-in...
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ChargePoint says its Express 100 station will be one of the cheapest available.
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Price Of Electric-Car DC Fast Charging Varies: Sacramento A Test Case
While fast charging for electric cars is still nonexistent--or just starting to roll out--across much of the country, California leads the way. And the state capital of Sacramento now has such stations installed both by private vendors and the local public utility, Sacramento Metropolitan Utility...
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Electric-Car Fast Charging: California CCS Sites Two Years Behind CHAdeMO
Implementation of the CCS standard for electric-car fast charging still lags, new data show.
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Wintry Michigan: Not The Best Place To Drive An Electric Car?
One man's experience driving a Volkswagen e-Golf in a Michigan winter.
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NRG Now Has 120 Quick-Charging Stations Open In California
The NRG eVgo electric-car charging network now includes more than 120 operating stations in California.
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Did The DC Quick-Charging 'Standards War' Just Quietly End For Electric Cars?
Last week at the DC Auto Show, BMW, Volkswagen, and ChargePoint jointly announced they would install about 100 DC fast chargers for electric cars. Their goal is to create “Express Charging Corridors,” on both the East and West coasts, by the end of this year. The most intriguing news...
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BMW adds standard DC fast charging, satellite radio, and heated front seats to the i3 for 2015.
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Electric-Car Fast-Charging Networks: Competition Heats Up
It's always interesting to reporters when a news story produces unsolicited counterpoints from affected parties. Yesterday's announcement of the agreement among BMW, Volkswagen, and ChargePoint to install roughly 100 electric-car DC fast-charging stations by the end of the year spawned two separate...
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BMW, VW, And ChargePoint To Build 100 CCS Fast-Charging Sites For Electric Cars
As electric-car drivers know, Nissan and Tesla remain far ahead of other carmakers in availability of DC fast-charging locations for their cars. Now, growing sales of U.S. and German plug-in models that use a different standard have led their owners to complain about the lack of sites to...
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BMW Promises CCS Fast-Charging Blitz For 2015, Details In Detroit
BMW is calling 2015 the "year of infrastructure."
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Europe Storms Ahead On CCS Fast Charging, U.S. Lags Behind
The ability to recharge 80 percent of an electric car's battery in 20 to 30 minutes--known as DC fast-charging--is a critical element in expanding public acceptance of cars powered by batteries. But unlike the universal standard for conventional 240-Volt charging, the U.S. has three different and...
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Ford Can Design Tesla-Like Electric Car, CEO Says; Does Higher-Power Charging Push Mean It May?
Ford's CEO, Mark Fields, told Wall Street financial analysts Friday that the company had the product development staff and engineering ability to build an electric car like a Tesla. While he didn't say the company would do so, he did say that such a car would be "very consistent with our product...
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The idea of traveling long distances in electric cars that have to be recharged after only 70 or 80 miles--or even 250 miles--may seem absurd to some. But while even the fastest of DC fast-charging isn't quite as quick as refilling with gasoline, yet, longer road trips in electric cars are possible for a few and on the horizon for many more. DON'T MISS: Life With Tesla Model S: NY-FL Supercharger Road Trip, Returning As a lengthy post on the blog maintained by advocacy group Plug-In America points out, long-distance road trips aren't quite possible for many--but they're getting closer. As...
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Now That's Combo Quick Charging: CHAdeMO, CCS, Tesla Supercharger
An Italian charging site includes both Tesla Supercharger and multi-standard CHAdeMO/CCS stations.
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Rapid Charging Electric-Car Batteries: Less Damaging Than We Thought?
A new study indicates fast-charging isn't as bad for batteries as originally believed.
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Nissan Wants In On Tesla, BMW Electric-Car Charging Talks: Report
With modern, mass-market electric cars on sale for three and a half years now, you might think that the path for growth has been pretty much laid out by now. But the great disruptor, Silicon Valley electric-car startup Tesla Motors, may be changing the playbook once again. According to a report in...
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First CCS Electric-Car Fast-Charging Station Opens In San Diego
The first public CCS station is now open, but the cars designed to use it are just starting to trickle onto the roads.
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First Car Sold With CCS Fast Charging Now Delayed To December
GM has pushed back the CCS fast-charging option on the Chevrolet Spark EV until the end of the year.
Stephen Edelstein