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Securing Your EV Cable
John
07/10/2022
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Reports of stolen charging cables are still rare, but as charging cables become more popular in the second hand market and the cost of the cables remain high, EV cables may become a more attractive proposition to thieves. So it is useful to be aware of the risks when leaving your vehicle unattended while it is charging, which is most of the time.Most EV’s have a system that locks the the plug in place as the car is charging and as long as the vehicle is locked then it is difficult for the cable ...
What Is The Cost Of Charging An EV
29/09/2022
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As electricity prices continue to rise sharply, this has had an obvious knock on effect on the cost of charging an electric vehicle. Recent news stories are reporting that the cost of charging an EV is now reaching parity with filling up at the pump. So is let's see how charging your EV compares to petrol and diesel vehicles.RAPID CHARGINGThe cost of using a public DC rapid charging unit has increased by more than 40% since May 2022. The average cost is now around 63p per kWh. What this means in...
Quick Guide To Modes and Levels
22/09/2022
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If you are new to the world of electric vehicles (EVs) then it can be quite confusing to navigate through all the various terms and acronyms that pop up when researching electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging. You may have have come across Mode 3 32a or Level 2 charging and wondered what it means. Is it that important?These sort of terms define the different ways that a vehicle can be charged and they appear in vehicle handbooks and websites, so it is useful information to know until su...
Do I need a 3 Phase Charging Cable?
14/09/2022
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Choosing the correct EV cable can be a daunting process considering all the different cables there are available. We try to make this a little easier with our Find My EV Charger page, which allows you to locate the make and model of your vehicle so that we can recommend the most suitable charging cable for your vehicle. However, this is not always straight forward as there are now a few models that can have optional 3 Phase charging, just to make things a little more complicated. As the EV indus...
EV Charging On Wheels - Meet ZIGGY
14/07/2022
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As electric vehicle ownership increases, the demand for EV charging infrastructure is hotting up. How many EV owners are checking their apps to plan for a mid journey charge only to find the charger they choose is out of action or being used? Quite a few as it happens. As charging infrastructure improves and electric cars are hitting the market with higher mileage, the dreaded issue of range anxiety is becoming less of a barrier to EV ownership.But the race is still on to provide charging soluti...
Tesla Superchargers Opening Up Network To More EV Users
02/06/2022
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Tesla's pilot scheme to allow non-Tesla EV's to use the Tesla Supercharger network has now extended to the UK. All Type 2 EV's with a CCS or Type 2 vehicle socket can use the charging points without an adapter, as supported Superchargers will include a tethered CCS and Type 2 charging cable.To begin with, there will be 15 Supercharger locations in the UK that will be participating in the scheme. That's over 150 additional charging points for EV users to hook up to.To find these locations, downlo...
VW and BP to deploy up to 8,000 EV chargers
29/04/2022
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Volkswagen has announced a strategic partnership with BP to expand the latter’s EV charging network across the EU and UK, beginning immediately. The first of 4,000 Volkswagen Flexpole chargers planned for Germany and the UK began service today, and the partnership allows for up to 4,000 more to be installed in other EU countries – all by 2024.Volkswagen’s global ID. family of EVs continues to grow and so does its year-over-year delivery growth, which more than doubled in 2021 compared to a year ...
EV Charging In 5 Minutes
11/11/2018
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StoreDot, the nanotechnology materials pioneer known for its super-fast battery charging technology, will showcase its ultra-fast-charge five minute car battery today on stage at CUBE Tech Fair in Berlin. StoreDot’s FlashBattery technology will make charging any electric car as quick and efficient as filling gas tank, as it only takes five minutes to reach a full charge that can keep the car going for 300 miles. While competitors seek to solve the problem of increasing the mileage per charge, St...
China Pushes The Electric Vehicles Market Forward
15/10/2018
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One of China’s biggest automakers, GAC Motor, has announced the construction at a giant $6.5bn industrial park to develop and produce electric and autonomous vehicles.The move is in line with the Chinese government’s commitment to maintaining leadership in the sector.China’s electric vehicle mandate requires automakers’ EV sales to represent at least 8 per cent of their total sales in 2018, 10 per cent in 2019 and 12 per cent in 2020.China is already the world's leading electric vehicle m...
Chargie Helps To Expand The EV Charging Network
13/10/2018
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A U.K. company is hooking up electric-vehicle drivers in a chargepoint-sharing program.The company, called Chargie, has launched what it calls the world’s first dedicated and bookable peer-to-peer EV charging service.It allows EV drivers to access the wall-mounted chargepoints of other EV owners at homes across the U.K. who are signed up to the Chargie service.The company says its service will make EVs viable for greater numbers of motorists, including those traveling longer distances and to des...