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  • Shell Bets on Batteries for Ultra-Fast EV Charging

    Shell will trial a battery-backed ultra-fast charging system at a Dutch filling station, with tentative plans to adopt the format more widely to ease the grid pressures likely to come with mass-market electric vehicle adoption.  By boosting the output of the chargers from the battery, the impact...
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  • Ford will go all-electric by 2030

    With many European countries enforcing bans on the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles, many manufacturers are planning to make the switch to electric. Ford’s announcement comes after the likes of Jaguar and Bentley.  By 2026 Ford plans to have electric versions of all its models. Thi...
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  • Ev Charger Technologies

    EV charging technologies in China and the United States are broadly similar. In both countries, cords and plugs are the overwhelmingly dominant technology for charging electric vehicles. (Wireless charging and battery swapping have at most a minor presence.) There are differences between the two ...
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  • Electric Vehical Charging In China And The United States

    At least 1.5 million electric vehicle (EV) chargers have now been installed in homes, businesses, parking garages, shopping centers and other locations around the world. The number of EV chargers is projected to grow rapidly as the electric vehicle stock grows in the years ahead. The EV charging ...
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  • The state of electric vehicles in California

    In California, we’ve seen the effects of tailpipe pollution firsthand, both in the droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and other growing impacts of climate change, and in the rates of asthma and other respiratory illnesses caused by air pollution To enjoy cleaner air and to stave off the worst effects...
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  • Europe BEV and PHEV Sales for Q3-2019 + October

    Europe sales of Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) and Plug-in Hybrids (PHEV) were 400 000 units during Q1-Q3. October added another 51 400 sales. Year-to-date growth stands at 39 % over 2018. The September result was particularly strong when the re-launch of popular PHEV for BMW, Mercedes and VW and...
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  • USA Plug-in Sales for 2019 YTD October

    236 700 plug-in vehicle were delivered in the first 3 quarters of 2019, an increase of just 2 % compared to Q1-Q3 of 2018. Including the October result, 23 200 units, which was 33 % lower than in Oct 2018, the sector is now in reverse for the year. The negative trend is much likely to stay for th...
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  • Global BEV and PHEV Volumes for 2020 H1

    The 1st half of 2020 was overshadowed by the COVID-19 lockdowns, causing unprecedented declines in monthly vehicle sales from February onwards. For the first 6 months of 2020 the volume loss was 28 % for the total light vehicle market, compared to H1 of 2019. EVs held up better and posted a loss ...
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