Electricity

Variability in Power Grids, Desire to Offer Services Including Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G), Necessitates Customized Testing for EV Charging

It’s common knowledge that electrical outlets are not consistent around the world, and many are also aware that the U.S. voltage is lower than European voltage. However there is quite a lot of other significant variability, as shown in the following map, which electric vehicle and EV charger manufacturers must […]

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A Chevy Bolt with the hood open, revealing its circuitry, and electrical diagnostic equipment on a table nearby. A technician is standing next to the car, looking at the diagnostic equipment. The scene is illuminated by a warm, golden light, creating a dramatic and inviting atmosphere.

How the EV Charging Industry Helps, and Protects Itself From, the Grid

To most people electricity is all the same, other than sometimes it’s 240-volt instead of 120-volt. Behind the scenes, however, engineers and technicians work to ensure “power quality” for energy that both goes into and comes out of devices such as electric vehicle (EV) chargers. What is power quality and

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Photo of Volkswagen ID.4 charging in home garage.

VW Campaign Highlights Lifestyle Benefits of EVs in Addition to Benefits to Society

As part of Volkswagen’s campaign to highlight features and benefits of driving electric, this week the company released a series of videos expressing the message “Before it can change the world, it has to change yours.” The intention of the campaign is to deemphasize important yet amorphous benefits such as

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Thin-film solar cells in panoramic glass roofs of Audi models: Audi and Alta Devices, a subsidiary of the Chinese solar-cell specialist, Hanergy, are working together on this development project. With this cooperation, the partners aim to generate solar energy to increase the range of electric vehicles.

Audi to Introduce Solar Roofs, Improve Fuel Efficiency and EV Range

Audi today announced a plan to increase the range of the company’s electric vehicles by generating onboard solar energy using thin-film solar cells. Audi and its partner, California-based Alta Devices, a subsidiary of the Chinese solar-cell specialist Hanergy, are taking an incremental approach and will first integrate Alta’s efficient, thin,

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