New research looks at driving patterns, EV range and charging times, and comes to some surprising conclusions that should put consumers’ minds at ease. Electric vehicle batteries keep getting larger, and the typical driving range between charges keeps growing. The shift is partly a response to “range anxiety”—the fear of being stranded because EV batteries […]
The Biggest Problem With EV Charging Is That the Payment Methods Suck – EQ Mag
Most public EV charging companies use smartphone apps to get your payment. When those apps are flaky or broken, you might be left stranded — like I nearly was. Every article on EV charging infrastructure tends to revolve around three things; we whine about charging speed, charging infrastructure reliability, and charger location. All three of […]
EV Charger Giant Webasto enters India with ESY – EQ Mag
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India] : The 122-year-old German manufacturer of heating, cooling, e-mobility and EV Charging products – Webasto has now announced its entry into the Indian market in collaboration with ESY India, a leading POS Company, to tap into India’s fast-growing electric vehicle market. Leveraging their Automotive heritage, Webasto offers a wide range of […]
Tesla opens its EV charging network to the masses – EQ Mag
Tesla Inc.’s deluxe electric vehicle charging network will start to serve other automakers’ EVs, the Biden administration said Wednesday, in a move that could drastically expand Americans’ options for plugging in. ‘It’s an instant closing of some gaps in the EV infrastructure market,” said Nick Nigro, the founder of Atlas Public Policy, which studies EV […]
Sun-N-Sand Hotels partners with Greenie Energy to set up EV Charging stations in Mumbai & Shirdi – EQ Mag
MUMBAI, India : Greenie Energy today announced that it has partnered with Sun-N-Sand Hotels to set up 20 charging points at its Mumbai & Shirdi Hotels. Sun-N-Sand will scale up its EV charging infrastructure to 120 charging points over a period of 5 years to meet the growing requirement of EV charging facilities for its […]
EV Charging Is a Mess. This 4-Pound Box Could Help Fix It – EQ Mag
Atom Power says its smart circuit breaker will make charging electric cars as cheap and easy as using Wifi. 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 […]
Rising EV charging failure rates now 1 in 5 as broken chargers and glitches abound – EQ Mag
At the worst state of charging reliability, nearly 40% of EV charging attempts across the US resulted in failure last year, up from 15% in 2021. On the whole, one in five electric vehicle charging sessions didn’t go through in 2022, as chargers were plagued by vandalism and software or hardware glitches. One in five […]
Electric vehicles are now trending. But where can we charge them? – EQ Mag
Canada is on the road to transformation in mobility. The federal government recently announced its zero-emission vehicle sales target, which requires all light-duty passenger vehicles sold by 2035 to be zero-emission. Battery electric vehicles (EVs) are likely to make up the majority of these sales. This means that hundreds of thousands of EV charging points […]
L-Charge: The Netherlands could uberize EV-charging services in Amsterdam – EQ Mag
The British company L-Charge is launching its commercial operation of the world’s first mobile, ultra-fast, off-grid EV-charging service in Amsterdam The British company L-Charge is launching its commercial operation of the world’s first mobile, ultra-fast, off-grid EV-charging service in Amsterdam. The main feature of the service is that the charger could be called up as […]
These Apps Will Keep Your EV From Running Out of Juice – EQ Mag
Stay charged from point A to point B. IF YOU’VE INVESTED in an electric vehicle, you need to make sure there are enough charging points along your chosen routes before you hit the road. It’s no different from driving a gas-powered car, where you have to stop for gas periodically. Until EVs are more common, […]