On-street battery-swapping station for electric scooters in Taipei. Rather than plug-in and wait, you can just swap your low battery for a charged one … and go. #climatechange #ev
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Musk undercuts the Biden admin's EV charging initiative:
"Elon Musk has upended a deal the WH saluted early last year to open Tesla’s chargers to other automakers, dealing a blow to Pres Biden’s EV agenda.
Musk decided in the last week to eliminate almost the entire Supercharger team at Tesla. He hasn’t publicly confirmed the move or offered a rationale, but has said the co will slow the expansion of its charging network."
EV owners!!! What app(s) do you constantly use on your phone to find public chargers on longer trips?
The whole city of Boston has only one DC fast charger that’s >= 100kw and it’s almost always full - it’s pretty close to where I live though.
City of Boston should do better. Install DC fast chargers on city owned lots.
Gallivan Blvd & Hallet St Parking Lot
740 Gallivan Blvd, Dorchester, MA 02122, USA https://www.plugshare.com/location/362024
On the way back home from North Shore I thought I’d charge up for Newport trip tomorrow. Stopped at Assembly EA station. There were a swarm of KIA EVs waiting, even though the app shows 1 charger was available…
Pulled up EVgo app and found a very high power ChargePoint station nearby… at Ford Dealer (I use that dealer for my truck 🤣) 320kw - wow! I preconditioned the battery so it was nice and toasty and ready to accept maximum charge. So I drove there. And it worked so well. Though it’s very expensive - greedy car dealers!!
The charging curve was impressive on Taycan. Started at 40% SoC, pulling in 282kw maximum. Still pulling in over 200kw at 72%. This car is a beast.
#EV #Charging #EVCharging #ChargePoint #Taycan #Porsche
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SLOW level 2 AC public charger @ Newport RI transportation center
The chargers are outside the garage so you only pay $1.5 / hour for charging for the first 4 hours. Way cheaper than parking ($2.5 per 30 mins)
But it is very slow. Rated 6.2kw, but I only got peak 5.9kw. Better than nothing though as we wondered around town and had lunch / coffee.
#EV #EVcharging #ChargePoint #RhodeIsland #NewportRI
First time charging EV in my life LOL
Taycan Cross Turismo x Tesla Supercharger in Provincetown
Started with 57% state of charge and battery temperature never reached optimal range during the 19 mins of charging 🤣 but it reached 150kw within 10 seconds. The supercharger is capable of 250kw delivery and Taycan is capable of 350kw charging. Unfortunately we didn’t reach the fastest charging speed on either of these.
57% to 85% in 19 mins. Not bad. This is enough to drive one way between Boston and Provincetown. The location could be better - it’s a bit too far out from town, I bet the nearby Harbor hotel can set up a bar to accommodate (make money from) EV owners.
At least it’s only steps away from a beautiful beach and great views of the Pilgrim Monument.
#EV #Porsche #Taycan #Tesla #EVCharging #Supercharger #Provincetown
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The only one available charger at the Hyannis Electrify America station is a 150kw. However having 800V battery pack means my car can pull more than that from this one. It stayed 180-190kw all the way to about 75% SoC. I’m very pleased.
The car was like “No it’s not my fault to only charge at 180kw when the battery got nice and toasty on the way to the charger. Blame the charger.”
#EV #EVCharging #ElectrifyAmerica #charging
It seems like charging isn’t the limiting factor of how fast we could travel on a road trip - it’s my bladder 🫠 and the slow service of Dunkin’ in Maine…
Plan for tomorrow drive back home
Gonna try two new charging stations. The first and second legs are gonna be near limit. I’m charging to 100% tonight at hotel.
I love the rental Ford F150 Lightning the production got me. But I’m getting sick and tired of having to download an app for every bloody station I need to charge at. Stop it!! Let me pay by credit card at the station! #EV
Electrify America at Plymouth … one charger is down shown in the app… and one more shows available but actually down (won’t activate) and the 350kw that I waited 10 mins for is reduced to about 170kw
I’m glad my car tells me the charging power is limited by the charging station……
#EV #ElectricVehicles #charging #ElectrifyAmerica #Taycan
This guy reeeaaaallllly hates #California.
#Trump Blocks California #EV Rules in Latest Move to *Rein In* the State
California leaders said the #state intends to challenge the move in #court, & to find new ways to move drivers toward #ElectricVehicles.
Trump signed joint resolutions of #Congress on Thurs that block California’s effort to phase out gasoline-powered vehicles, his latest attempt to reduce the power of the nation’s most populous state.
#law #Climate
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/us/california-trump-electric-vehicle-waiver.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Come visit the #Energy devroom at #FOSDEM on Sunday. We have 24 presentation listed, with topics ranging from #GreenIT to #HomeAutomation, #ClimateChange and cool hardware projects like repurposing #EV car batteries https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/energy/
How do you extinguish an #EV battery fire? Renault developed and patented an extinguishing vent years ago: by extinguishing directly into the battery casing an apparently very effective method. Renault is now opening the patent for further development.
""In the first two months of 2025, there were 13,646 electric cars registered in Italy, up 73.9% compared to the same period last year [..] we are beginning to see the arrival on the market of many new entry-level electric models, which in the long term could enable a growing number of Italians to embrace this technology and get a feel for its advantages."
https://e-ricarica.it/auto-elettriche-in-italia-a-febbraio-immatricolazioni-a-398-vs-febbraio-2024/
#EV
Needed to make a quick charging stop in Eastham because I forgot to charge to 100% before leaving for Provincetown, and the extra drag from the bike rack made the efficiency worse. Obviously the bike design is not optimized for the aerodynamic when it's sideways 😜
I could charge near Ptown long enough so I can make it home, but 1) Ptown's DC charger is a Tesla supercharger, as much as I don't want give money to Musk, it is also not 800V output, meaning the Taycan only takes around 140-150kw, which is not so much different from the 120kw I can get from this ChargePoint. 2) as I don't drive much, I need to take advantage of the Electrify America free charging when I have the opportunity.
So a quick 9 mins charge from 11% to 22% and we got on the way to the Electrify America in Hyannis. Arrived with 13% SoC and got the free juice to 85%.
#Porsche #Taycan #EV #charging #ChargePoint #CapeCod #EVCharging #cyclist #bike #pinarello
Recent EV charging drama...
We spontaneously decided to go antiquing in Worcester which is about 1 hour away. With 30% SoC we'd just be able to make it home with 0% but I didn't want to risk that. So I decided to charge around Worcester on the way back.
First choice is EA in Northborough, since it's free for me. It has an 85% charge limit, so turnover should be fast. However there were 3 cars waiting when we arrived. I didn't want to wait, and Josh found a Ford Charger across the street at a dealer. I haven't used a Ford one before, so we decided to give it a try.
We saw one right away in front of the building, but it was turned off. I looked around and noticed another one across the parking lot, but it turned out to be an outdated charger which was also turned off, and at a Lincoln dealer. As we were super disappointed and leaving, I saw one at the back of the service department and it was on! It only accepts payment through Ford Charge (when you have a Ford EV) or Shell app. I haven't used the shell app for so long that I had to reset my password... But eventually everything worked fine. Reached 224kw in no time, which is not bad for a 240kw charger. We only charged for 8 mins to get us home. It's actually cheaper than the EA too.
And loved that it gave stats for Nerds!!
#EV #ElectricVehicle #ElectricCar #Charging #Infrastructure #MA #Worcester #Ford #FordCharge
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Hi. I'm kbob. Intro time.
I used to get paid to write software. Now that I'm retired, I do it for free. I also play with 3D printers and electronics and stuff.
I love learning, and I like to make things the hard way. I often create a #BuildThread about a project and update it for months.
Interests
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While I was in western Mass I finally got to try an Alpitronic HPC charging station! BP pulse opened a "gigahub" near Logan airport which has 4 of these, but they're usually out of way for me. These 400kw chargers are among the best in the industry - fast, reliable, and easy to use. At least that's what I've heard.
This one is from the Mercedes Benz charging network at the Lee Outlet shopping mall, conveniently located right off I-90. It has a food court and bathrooms. I activated it from ChargePoint app, very easy. Charging started in no time. Max charging power recorded at 318kw! Very satisfying experience. Now they need to work on Plug & Charge ;)
