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☆ Why EV charging is still such a pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Power show that, despite more and more EV chargers being available, EV owners are actually getting less satisfied with public charging. When it comes to consumer satisfaction, EV charging is in some very poor corporate company. Away from home, charging your EV costs more than charging at home, sometimes twice as much. A ChargePoint electric vehicle (EV) charging station at the Lafontaine Kia dealership in Detroit, Michigan, US, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images“Safety is paramount,” said Rick Wilmer, chief operating officer of EV charging provider ChargePoint.

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☆ China's BYD adds second model to Japan EV line-up
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

YOKOHAMA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - China's BYD (002594.SZ) on Friday said it will start selling its second electric vehicle model in Japan this month, as it seeks to secure a foothold in a market that has given rise to some of the world's best-selling auto brands. BYD, which stands for Build Your Dreams, will also announce Dolphin pricing on that date. A spokesperson declined to disclose how many vehicles it needed to sell in Japan each year to be profitable. This year, its Japan unit signed a car dealership contract with Japanese trading house Sojitz (2768.T). ($1 = 7.2582 Chinese yuan renminbi)($1 = 145.6700 yen)Reporting by Daniel Leussink; Editing by Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ EV maker Rivian to adopt Tesla's charging standard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Abhirup Roy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20 (Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Rivian (RIVN.O) said on Tuesday it has agreed to adopt Tesla's (TSLA.O) charging standard, giving Rivian customers access to the biggest U.S. charging network and adding momentum to Tesla's bid to set the industry standard. Rivian also said it will make a Tesla-style charging port standard on its vehicles starting in 2025. While other automakers get access to Tesla's charging network, Tesla stands to profit from selling power to a bigger group of electric vehicle drivers. Tesla's charging standard had been proprietary until November, when it made the design and specifications public and rebranded the technology as the North American Charging Standard (NACS). "It's great to see the industry coming together to adopt the North American Charging Standard," Tesla's senior director of charging infrastructure, Rebecca Tinucci, said in a statement.

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☆ Exclusive: EV maker Rivian to adopt Tesla's charging standard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Abhirup Roy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Mike BlakeSAN FRANCISCO, June 20 (Reuters) - Electric vehicle maker Rivian (RIVN.O) said it has agreed to adopt Tesla's (TSLA.O) charging standard, giving customers access to the biggest U.S. charging network and adding momentum to Tesla's bid to set the industry standard. While other automakers get access to Tesla's charging network, Tesla stands to profit from selling power to a bigger group of electric vehicle drivers. Tesla's charging standard had been proprietary until November, when it made the design and specifications public and rebranded the technology as the North American Charging Standard (NACS). "It's great to see the industry coming together to adopt the North American Charging Standard," Tesla's senior director of charging infrastructure, Rebecca Tinucci, said in a statement. China, the world's largest market for electric vehicles, has its own charging standard.

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☆ Exclusive: Exclusive: EV maker Rivian to adopt Tesla's charging standard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Abhirup Roy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

☆ SK Signet to launch EV chargers with Tesla's charging standard
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 15 (Reuters) - Electric-vehicle (EV) charger maker SK Signet (260870.KN) said on Thursday it was adding products compatible with the North American Charging Standard (NACS), after major U.S. automakers Ford (F.N) and GM (GM.N) said they were adopting Tesla's (TSLA.O) model of charging. Electric vehicle charging companies are cautiously embracing Tesla's charging technology as the main U.S. standard, as they are in danger of losing out on customers if they offer only the Combined Charging System (CCS). Earlier this week, EV charging equipment makers Blink Charging (BLNK.O), ChargePoint (CHPT.N) and Tritium (DCFC.O) said they will offer chargers with Tesla's connector. The White House aims to spur deployment of hundreds of thousands of chargers, which it sees as integral to EV adoption. SK Signet will continue to provide customers with the option of other widely used standards for EV charger connections, including the CCS, CHAdeMO and the Megawatt Charging System.

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☆ What Tesla’s EV charging win really means for drivers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A Tesla charging station stands in a parking lot on January 17, 2023 in Springfield, Virginia. But other EV charging companies have, so far, faced a far greater reliability challenge than Tesla’s. It’s an integrated system and has been from the very beginning,” said Jim Burness, chief executive of National Car Charging, a wholesaler of equipment to the EV charging industry. In both cases, drivers will be able to access Tesla chargers without having to use Tesla apps. That could lead to more lines at Tesla chargers, irritating Tesla owners.

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☆ Tesla's charging deals with GM and Ford have charging rivals scrambling to keep up
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Graham Rapier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla is slowly opening many of its charging stations to vehicles of other automakers. Ford and GM recently said their cars will be able to use Tesla Superchargers. It looks like Tesla's Superchargers are going to win out after all. Tesla's NACS will now compete with two other main charging port types: CCS and CHAdeMO, which companies like Tritium and EVgo also offer. Tesla only recently switched to the name "North American Charging Standard" recently, a move that appears to have paid off.

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☆ Factbox: CCS? CHAdeMO? EV charger terms you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Here are the terms and acronyms you need to know to understand the booming EV charger market. LEVEL UPEV chargers are classified in three categories: Level 1, Level 2 and DC fast chargers. CCS AND CHAdeMOThere are three types of DC fast charging systems - Tesla, SAE Combined Charging System (CCS) and CHAdeMO, which all use different plugs. THE U.S. NETWORKThe United States currently has a total of 50,821 public EV charging stations and 130,563 charging ports, DOE data showed. Chargers are distributed very unevenly across the country, with California accounting for nearly 30% of the total charging stations in the country.

☆ Nissan and Hitachi look to charge elevators with EV batteries
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] 2023 Nissan Pathfinder is unveiled at the 2022 New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 13, 2022. In what appears to be an early attempt in earthquake-prone Japan to make wider use of EV batteries, Nissan and Hitachi Building Systems Co Ltd are focused on keeping elevators running when the power supply is disrupted. The V2X system uses the CHAdeMO charging standard supported by Nissan, an Hitachi Building Systems executive said. That allows it to also draw power from larger Nissan EVs, such as the Ariya and Leaf models. Tatsunori Takahashi, a director in the domestic business management division of Hitachi Building Systems, said he hopes the firm will start providing the system to apartment buildings from the financial year starting in April.

☆ Charging an electric car isn't as simple as pumping gas. Here's what to know.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Nora Naughton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

There are two main things to know about EV charging: charger types and connector types. These slightly faster chargers – averaging about 25 miles of range per hour – can also be installed in your home. Depending on the size of your battery, a DC fast charger can replenish an empty battery to about 80% in a half hour. Tesla's Superchargers, which only work on Tesla vehicles because of the proprietary connector, are DC fast chargers. But non-Teslas can also plug into a DC fast charger that is not owned by Tesla.

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