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Joel Patel / Digital Trends EVs certainly have all of the hype in the car industry right now, but their adoption has been hampered by one major issue: public charging. Where do I charge? How fast can I charge? And how much will it cost? Going through those mental hurdles will keep folks away from making the switch to an EV — even if the reality is that it’s not as complicated as it seems. To help accelerate the EV transition, and more importantly provide the necessary infrastructure for anyone who already has an EV,…

Charge+Zone introduces ChargeCloud, a revolutionary software solution for EV charging station management systems. With ChargeCloud, operators can optimize revenue, enhance charger utilization, and gain real-time insights for informed decision-making. New Delhi: Charge+Zone Tuesday announced the launch of ChargeCloud, a network operating software solution for EV charging station management systems. With ChargeCloud, charging station operators can unlock unrivaled…

The legal battle seeks to protect Tesla's intellectual property rights and comes as a response to a previous lawsuit filed by Cap-XX against Tesla subsidiary Maxwell Technologies.Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle batteries infringe two U.S. patents owned by a Tesla subsidiary.Tesla CEO Elon Musk pledged in 2014 not to "initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who,…

Electreon's infrastructure for wireless charging has already been installed in other countries, including Israel, the US, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Norway.Electreon, an Israeli provider of wireless electric charging solutions, was selected to play a key role in an unprecedented French project to wirelessly charge electric cars, the company announced on Wednesday. The project will enable vehicles capable of being charged directly from under-road electric infrastructure,…

Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturers are apparently in talks with the government to develop a specific strategy to separate the battery from the EV and create a nationwide battery-swapping infrastructure. Industry insiders believe that a country-wide move for such infrastructure can boost EV adoption. The battery accounts for 30%-40% of the total cost of an EV. The battery is not included in the cost of the vehicle in the swappable model, which addresses the issue of affordability by reducing the cost of the EV. According…

BillionElectric, an e-mobility as a service (eMaaS) startup, on Tuesday said it has raised $10 million in a seed round, comprising equity and lease funding.Of the $10 million, $3 millIon is the equity component, and the rest is lease funding.The funding round was led by Urmin Group, a packaged food manufacturing and processing company based in Ahmedabad, BillionElectric founder Kartikey Hariyani told ET. Urmin put $1 million in equity and $7 million in the lease component, he added.Hariyani is also founder and CEO of…

The White House on Friday said electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations using Tesla standard plugs would be eligible for billions of dollars in federal subsidies as long as they included the US charging standard connection, CCS, as well.The statement follows separate announcements by US automakers Ford Motor and General Motors that they were adopting the Tesla model of charging, known as the North American Charging Standard (NACS). The moves shake up a charging industry that looked like it was drifting toward the rival CCS…

Drivers of Ford’s electric vehicles (EVs) will find charging them a little easier starting next spring after Tesla on Thursday promised the availability of 12,000 of its Superchargers across the U.S. and Canada. The move will double the number of fast-chargers currently available to Ford’s EV owners. NurPhoto/Getty Images As Ford uses a different connector than Tesla, the latter will provide an adapter at the charging point for Ford F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit vehicles. Starting in 2025, Ford will…

Last Updated: February 21, 2023, 14:34 ISTImage used for representation. (Photo: PTI)According to Juniper Research, the total number of plug-in vehicles will surpass 137 million globally by 2027The global electric vehicle (EV) charging revenue is likely to exceed $300 billion by 2027, up from $66 billion in 2023, a report showed on Tuesday.According to Juniper Research, the total number of plug-in vehicles will surpass 137 million globally by 2027, up from 49 million in 2023.As the adoption grows, “charging vendors must…

For all its progressive politics, New York City is largely an EV charging desert. Home to about 2 million registered vehicles, the city has just 1,000 Level 2 public charging plugs — the slower stations that generally work overnight — scattered across 343 stations, according to the US Department of Energy. Fast-charging sites are even harder to find.Parking isn't really the problem — the city is full of garages and street-side spots — but electricity is. Every car charger requires a dedicated amount of available juice;…