EVSE supplier and charging network operator ChargePoint has announced that its entire current hardware portfolio now supports Plug & Charge technology. Plug & Charge, based on the ISO 15118-20 communication standard, simplifies charging for EV drivers. Instead of navigating proprietary apps or dealing with credit card readers (both common points of failure), drivers simply plug … Continue reading “All new ChargePoint hardware now supports the Plug & Charge seamless EV charging standard”
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Take the smart-home platforms on offer from Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung, and other tech vendors, which can control light bulbs, thermostats, ovens, refrigerators, and a growing roster of other devices. These systems rely on WiFi and broadband connections, and that’s not good enough to let households skip upgrading their electrical panels, Rao pointed out. The latest … Continue reading “Span’s new smart electrical panel can plug right into utility meters”
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General Motors will drop the Ultium name from the modular EV batteries and related components used in all of the automaker’s current and planned U.S.-market electric vehicles, CNBC reported on Tuesday. The hardware will remain the same, but GM will erase the Ultium name other than for production operations such as its Ultium Cells LLC … Continue reading “Report: GM pulls the plug on Ultium name”
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“New England is no different from the rest of the country, where we’re projecting [electric] load growth, and we’re seeing the grid not keep up,” Jeremy McDiarmid, managing director at Advanced Energy United, told Canary Media. The DOE funding comes as Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have banded together to coordinate their bidding processes for … Continue reading “New England grid gets $389M boost to help plug in offshore wind”